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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. One day on a walk with Mr. Browning, Flush was outraged to hear a neighbor whisper what word in his presence?
(a) "Mange."
(b) "Cat."
(c) "Distemper."
(d) "Wolf."

2. What phrase did Flush hear Elizabeth Barrett Browning say fifty times a day in Chapter 5: "Italy"?
(a) "Robert, my husband."
(b) "My word."
(c) "Goodness gracious."
(d) "Heaven help us."

3. What had Elizabeth Barrett forgotten to take with her the day that Flush was stolen?
(a) His food.
(b) His medicine.
(c) His collar.
(d) His chain.

4. The gang leader had demanded how many guineas for the Society and half a guinea for himself in exchange for Flush?
(a) 6.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

5. The author writes in Chapter 5: "Italy," "There was an element, it must be admitted, of the" what in Flush?
(a) Snob.
(b) Hero.
(c) Hunter.
(d) Coward.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Virginia Woolf was a part of what group of writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists?

3. Who traveled on the train with Elizabeth and Flush in Chapter 5: "Italy"?

4. What Shakespearean play does the author discuss in Chapter 5: "Italy"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When Mrs. Browning went into labor, how was the atmosphere of the house perceived by Flush?

2. How did tables interact with people?

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

4. What romantic freedoms did Flush begin to enjoy in Chapter Five? How did the Brownings react?

5. Where did Miss Barrett go to by cab in Chapter Four? Whom did she see there?

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

7. How had Flush changed in the beginning of Chapter Six: "The End"?

8. Where was Flush taken in Chapter Four? How were his surroundings described?

9. What changes did Miss Barrett undergo in Italy?

10. How did Flush react when Miss Barrett went into the fountain in Chapter Five?

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