This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Novels > The Victorian Novel – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Victorian Novel Quiz 1 (13 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies served to promote: A) Women's equality in the workplace. B) The right to vote for women in a non-violent manner by constitutional means. C) An end to slavery. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The right to vote for women in a non-violent manner by constitutional means. 2. Vampirism in emph{Dracula} affects the young and the healthy, turning members of the British community into creatures of the night almost like animals. Which of the following theories might this reflect? A) Expansionism. B) Evolution. C) Imperialism. D) Atavism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atavism. 3. Clashes like the Crimean War did not produce much fiction, but did still influence novelists. Which of the following books was most influenced by the war in Crimea? A) Emph{Jane Eyre}. B) Emph{Dracula}. C) Emph{Bleak House}. D) Emph{Mysteries of Udolpho}. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emph{Dracula}. 4. A number of Victorian feminists revived the Woman Question debate in their campaign for: A) Property. B) Divorce. C) Suffrage. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 5. Physical description, dialogue, and physical actions are all techniques of: A) Theme. B) Plot development. C) Characterization. D) Narration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characterization. 6. Which of the following is a legislative act that affected women in the 19th century? A) Abused Animals Act of 1823. B) The death of Prince Albert in 1861. C) Contagious Diseases Acts of 1866 and 1869. D) George Eliot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contagious Diseases Acts of 1866 and 1869. 7. Which of the following mid-century phenomena led to the popularity of the emph{sensation novel}? A) Tabloid journalism. B) Notorious trials such as that of the poisoner Palmer. C) New weekly and monthly (often illustrated) literary magazines. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 8. An example of a emph{bildungsroman} novel would be: A) Thomas Hardy's emph{Return of the Native}. B) Henry Mayhew's emph{London Labor and the London Poor}. C) Bram Stoker's emph{Dracula}. D) Charles Dickens' emph{Great Expectations}. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Charles Dickens' emph{Great Expectations}. 9. Which of the following best describes the Tory political perspective? A) Hostility to dissenters. B) Complete non-resistance to the monarchy. C) Support for Jacobites. D) A conservative, reactionary group that favored the aristocracy, whose power base was the rural squirearchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A conservative, reactionary group that favored the aristocracy, whose power base was the rural squirearchy. 10. The Woman's Suffrage Movement: A) Supported the end of slavery. B) Intended to end suffering. C) Supported children. D) Supported women's right to vote. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Supported women's right to vote. 11. The Victorian Era was characterized by which of the following? A) Rapid expansion of the British Empire. B) Increasing industrialization. C) Changing gender roles and the concept of "separate spheres". D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 12. Emph{Sensation novels}, which flourished in the Victorian period, primarily aimed to: A) "heal the wounded heart.". B) "enlighten the mind and infuse the wit.". C) "encourage strong minds, strong souls, strong bodies.". D) "preach to the nerves instead of the judgment.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "preach to the nerves instead of the judgment.". 13. Some tenets of gothic fiction include: A) Ruins, darkness, romance, mystery, castles, and the sublime. B) Expansion, industry, modernization and fear of the future. C) Monsters, aliens, and mythical beasts. D) Greek and Roman gods and goddesses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ruins, darkness, romance, mystery, castles, and the sublime. Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesFrankenstein Mary Shelley QuizThe Awakening QuizThe Bell Jar QuizThe Color Purple QuizThe Great Gatsby QuizThe Handmaid'S Tale QuizThe Invisible Man QuizThe Mill On The Floss Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books