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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author writes in Chapter Six: "The End," that early in the nineteenth century the Countess of where had bought a crystal ball from a magician?
(a) Vallombrosa.
(b) Florence.
(c) Blessington.
(d) Reading.

2. What disease was rampant in London?
(a) Typhus.
(b) Leprocy.
(c) Bubonic plague.
(d) Smallpox.

3. In describing the change that Elizabeth underwent in Chapter 5: "Italy," the author writes that when she "was tired she did not hail another cab; she sat on a stone and watched" what?
(a) The setting sun.
(b) The lizards.
(c) The birds.
(d) The clouds.

4. Who would pass Flush and would hurry by and shake his fist at him in mock fury?
(a) Mr. Horne.
(b) Mr. Landor.
(c) Dr. Pusey.
(d) Dr. Mitford.

5. On what day did Flush return to Elizabeth after being kidnapped and held for ransom?
(a) May18.
(b) September 5.
(c) November 22.
(d) July 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase did Flush hear Elizabeth Barrett Browning say fifty times a day in Chapter 5: "Italy"?

2. Whitechapel was in a triangular space of ground at the bottom of what road?

3. When did Virginia Woolf die?

4. What was the name of Virginia Woolf's mother?

5. What was the name of the dog thief who stole Flush and held him for ransom?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mrs. Browning begin to transform in Chapter Six?

2. How are Mr. Thomas Beames's impressions of Whitecastle described in Chapter Four?

3. How did Flush feel about the journey to Italy in Chapter Five?

4. What did Miss Barrett tell Mr. Browning about Flush's kidnapping?

5. Where did Flush go when he couldn't take Mrs. Barrett's strange behavior anymore? What did he do?

6. Where did Flush spend most of his time in Chapter Six? What awoke Flush suddenly from a dream in this chapter?

7. Who entered and exited the room where Flush was contained?

8. What were Flush's first impressions of Italy on his walk with Wilson?

9. What did Flush come to realize about the dogs of Italy?

10. What was Flush's reaction when he was introduced to the Brownings' new baby in Chapter Five?

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