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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. Where did Elizabeth Barrett Browning move after Florence?
(a) Vallombrosa.
(b) London.
(c) Pisa.
(d) Siena.

2. Where is Elizabeth Barrett Browning buried?
(a) The Protestant English Cemetery of Florence.
(b) Cimitero di Staglieno.
(c) Catacombe di Roma.
(d) Flanders Field.

3. Miss Barrett perched herself upon a stone in the middle of ____________.
(a) The Protestant English Cemetery of Florence.
(b) The Apennines.
(c) Petrarch's fountain.
(d) Casa Guidi.

4. By what year was Lord Stanhope in possession of a crystal ball?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1849.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1852.

5. When was Virginia Woolf's Orlando published?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1903.

Short Answer Questions

1. To Flush all scenery was what, according to the author in Chapter 5: "Italy"?

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

3. In the summer, what was Flush beset by that made him edgy and despondent?

4. What did Miss Barrett begin calling herself in Chapter 5: "Italy"?

5. Chapter 5: "Italy" begins in the middle of what month?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Flush discover about freedom upon moving to Florence?

4. Describe Flush's return to Miss Barrett. What did he do upon entering her room?

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

6. What did Miss Barrett discover about the ransom in Chapter Four? What did she threaten to do?

7. What were the emotional states of Miss Barrett and Flush after several days had passed with Flush in captivity?

8. What did Miss Barrett have to do in order to get Flush back in Chapter Four? What would happen if she refused?

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

10. What genre is the book Flush: A Biography? How does the author use the unique narrative to express her own thoughts?

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