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Victorian Literature Quiz 1 (60 MCQs)

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1. In Emily Bronte's Often Rebuked, Yet Always Back Returning, what does the speaker think as the best source of life?
2. Why does Mary Hodgson beat Mrs. Jenkins's cat?
3. This subgenre made fun of society and crimes.
4. Which of the following is NOT written by Charles Dickens?
5. Increasing prosperity, modernity, and ambition, great exhibition, and reforms are characteristics of .....
6. In "The Charge of Light Brigade", why did the soldiers ride to their death?
7. What was the population in Great Britain in 1801?
8. What was a popular form of entertainment for the emerging middle-class readership in the Victorian era?
9. When was Queen Victoria born?
10. 'The Blessed Damozel' was published in the periodical .....
11. Females used ..... if they wrote anything other than a romance or poetry.
12. Which term means someone who doesn't care about poor people?
13. Who was the person who wrote his first novel at the age of 25 and was known for writing about darker themes and lives of the poor?
14. The Victorian Era is credited for inventing .....
15. Plays were a strong comedic element, both high and low Victorian, and the plots were full of mistaken identities, coincidences, and mistimings. Oscar Wilde was distinguished for it especially on his masterpiece entitled, "The Importance of Being Ernest."
16. In the 1880s and 1890s, the Victorian novel became more .....
17. What was a significant social issue in the Victorian era, often explored in literature of the time?
18. Why does Olga end up caring for Sasha?
19. Where did miners get coal?
20. What social class did most poor people belong to?
21. Why does Olga's first marriage end?
22. In "The Lady of Shallot, " what did the mirror represent?
23. When between which dates did she reign?
24. The war alluded to in the concluding part of Arnold's 'Dover Beach' is .....
25. In literature, the Victorian Era is also known as the ..... Period.
26. Vanity Fair is still his most interesting and readable work and has retained its place among the great historical novels in the English language.
27. Which of the following poets does not belong to the Victorian era?
28. Thomas Hardy wrote .....
29. Books and commodities, shopping centers, advertising are characteristics of .....
30. Queen Victoria was just ..... when she took the throne
31. When was Emily Bronte born?
32. What size houses did rich people have?
33. Where were poor people sent if they couldn't afford to pay rent or live in a house?
34. Who was Dickens' rival?
35. What best describes the philosophy behind utilitarianism?
36. Where did children in the Victorian Times spend their days?
37. Who wrote the novel 'Dracula' which brought the vampire myth into mainstream Victorian literature?
38. Which sister became her life-long confidant and friend?
39. This subgenre focused on underworld objects and feelings of guilt.
40. Which novel concludes with the line: "Amen; even so come, Lord Jesus"
41. He is best known for his Vanity Fair where he satirizes the British society of the 19th century. He was a remarkable satirist of all time in the Victorian period.
42. This subgenre was full of horror and darker elements.
43. What does A.H.H. in In Memoriam A.H.H stand for?
44. Feminism. Her prolific work made her a rival to Tennyson as a candidate for Poet Laureate in 1850 after the death of Wordsworth.
45. How is the earliest style of the Victorian novel characterized?
46. Middle class prosperity unfortunately led to
47. Her children and Grandchildren married royalty of how many countries?
48. Queen Victoria lived from ..... to .....
49. According to "The Charge of the Light Brigade, " how many British forces rode into battle?
50. Why do the two families dislike each other at the beginning of the story?
51. In "Christmas Storms and Sunshine", what do Mr. Hodgson and Mr. Jenkins do for a living?
52. Which term means to make a guess?
53. Which word means extremely small or tiny?
54. Why did poor people need to send their children to workhouses?
55. Which novel by Robert Louis Stevenson explores the duality of human nature?
56. Which of these is not a way rich people made their money?
57. Who wrote In Memoriam A.H.H?
58. What was a central feature of Victorian London, serving as both a transportation route and a symbol of the city's vitality?
59. Which author wrote about the plights of the poor to raise support for them?
60. Below are the characters in The Importance of Being Earnest, EXCEPT .....
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