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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. What did Mrs. Browning say Flush went out and did the with other dogs every day in Pisa in Chapter 5: "Italy"?
(a) Scavenged for food.
(b) Spoke Italian.
(c) Went swimming.
(d) Chased cats.

2. The parade that passed the Brownings house in Chapter 5: "Italy" was in celebration of whom?
(a) Mr. Boyd.
(b) Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
(c) The Grand Duke.
(d) Lord Stanley.

3. When was Virginia Woolf born?
(a) 1882.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1864.

4. Chapter 5: "Italy" begins in the middle of what month?
(a) August.
(b) November.
(c) March.
(d) June.

5. Upon Flush's first inspection of the dogs in Italy, he wondered if what had no jurisdiction in Italy?
(a) Scotland Yard.
(b) MI6.
(c) The Royal Navy.
(d) The Kennel Club.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the spirits of the crystal balls begin inhabiting in Chapter 6?

2. When was Between the Acts published?

3. According to the author in Chapter 5: "Italy," Miss Wilson still had the conscience to walk out of a picture gallery "struck back by the indecency of" what?

4. The author writes in Chapter Six: "The End," that the shade of Florence was hotter than the sun of ___________.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How had Miss Barrett changed when Flush returned from his kidnapping?

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

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

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

5. How did tables interact with people?

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

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

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

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

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

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