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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the spirits of the crystal balls begin inhabiting in Chapter 6?
(a) Church entrances.
(b) Table legs.
(c) Horse stables.
(d) Music boxes.

2. What year was it when Flush was stolen?
(a) 1839.
(b) 1851.
(c) 1853.
(d) 1846.

3. 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) "Heaven help us."
(d) "Goodness gracious."

4. Whitechapel was in a triangular space of ground at the bottom of what road?
(a) Wimpole Street.
(b) Manning Street.
(c) Vere Street.
(d) Tottenham Court Road.

5. Each time the door opened while Flush was held in captivity by thieves, he looked up hoping to see Miss Barrett; but, it was always some horrid humans bringing in _________________.
(a) Garbage.
(b) More stolen dogs.
(c) Awful food.
(d) Water dishes.

6. What brother of Elizabeth's went to see the dog thief the afternoon after Flush was stolen?
(a) Henry.
(b) Edward.
(c) George.
(d) Thomas.

7. The author writes in Chapter 5: "Italy," that "there was a flowering branch of _____ on the dinner-table instead of one denuded, sour, yellow fruit."
(a) Oranges.
(b) Grapes.
(c) Pears.
(d) Cherries.

8. Mrs. Browning in the spring of what year became busy with her needle, according to the author in Chapter 5: "Italy"?
(a) 1839.
(b) 1855.
(c) 1844.
(d) 1849.

9. What was the name of the house where the Brownings lived in Florence?
(a) Villa Romeo.
(b) Three Mile Cross.
(c) Casa Guidi.
(d) Casa Grande.

10. Who wrote Paradise Lost?
(a) Richard Baxter.
(b) John Milton.
(c) John Bunyan.
(d) Samuel Rutherford.

11. When did Frederick Tennyson die?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1898.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1856.

12. 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.

13. Frederick Tennyson was the eldest son of whom?
(a) George Clayton Tennyson.
(b) Abraham David Tennyson.
(c) Jacob Michael Tennyson.
(d) Joseph Raymond Tennyson.

14. What was a controversial 19th century British newspaper which featured reports of scandals involving well known residents of London?
(a) The Satirist.
(b) The Scandal.
(c) The Scrutiny.
(d) True Irony.

15. For how long did Flush fall into a depression after Mrs. Browning gave birth in Chapter 5: "Italy"?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 2 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggested to Sir Edward Lytton that a committee should be appointed by the government to get the facts?

2. When Mr. Browning sheared Flush, what did the dog look like?

3. How many bowls of water did Flush lap down upon returning to Elizabeth's room after his kidnapping?

4. When the Brownings took Flush where, "all the splendours of its woods had merely bored him" in Chapter 5: "Italy"?

5. When was Poems Before Congress written?

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