This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Periods > Victorian > Victorian Period – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Victorian Period Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which Victorian woman writer is known for her novel 'North and South'? A) Jane Austen. B) Emily Bronte. C) Elizabeth Gaskell. D) Charlotte Bronte. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elizabeth Gaskell. 2. What is a "ragged school" ? A) A school for rich children. B) A school to learn how to cook. C) A school for poor children and orphans. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A school for poor children and orphans. 3. When was queen victoria crowned? A) 28 june 1838. B) 12 August 1823. C) 1 January 0001. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 28 june 1838. 4. Which novel is original in the way it is written, moving backwords and forward in time, and in and out of the minds of the characters? A) Wuthering Hights. B) Jane Eyre. C) Middlemarch. D) North and South. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wuthering Hights. 5. "Better by far you should forget and smileThan that you should remember and be sad."Why does the poem not end in a rhyming couplet? A) The speaker realizes that humans are not perfect and neither is memoryAs we age, memories tend to fade. B) The speaker is still upset with her loverShe still expects him to remember her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The speaker realizes that humans are not perfect and neither is memoryAs we age, memories tend to fade. 6. Science was performed with the 'abacus A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 7. The novel as an art form was still struggling to establish its aesthetic stature in early Victorian England A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. There were more female teachers than male teachers in Victorian times. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 9. An award is given every year to the student ..... has the highest grade-point average. A) That. B) Whom. C) Who. D) Which. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Who. 10. Which excerpt from Thomas Hardy's "The Darkling Thrush" most plainly expresses awe for its subject? A) "So little cause for carolings/Of such ecstatic sound ". B) "I leant upon a coppice gate/When Frost was spectre-gray ". C) "The tangled bine-stems scored the sky, /Like strings of broken lyres ". D) "The land's sharp features seemed to be/The Century's corpse outleant ". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "So little cause for carolings/Of such ecstatic sound ". 11. What was Queen Victoria's real name? A) Victoria Alexandrina. B) Alexandra Victoria. C) Anne Victoria. D) Victoria Anne. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alexandra Victoria. 12. The first conflict reported in newspapers in nearly "real time", thanks to the use of the telegraph A) Crimean War. B) Opium Wars. C) The Indian Mutiny. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crimean War. 13. What political system predominated in the 17th century? A) Parliamentary monarchy. B) Absolute monarchy. C) Dictatorship. D) Republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parliamentary monarchy. 14. What is one thing the Victorians wore during the Era? A) Kilts. B) Headbands. C) Petticoats. D) Tuxedos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Petticoats. 15. Victorian novels are typically characterised as ..... A) Dense and long. B) Short and predictable. C) Both options apply depending the author. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dense and long. 16. What lessons did all of the children learn in the late 19th century Britain? A) The 3 R's:Reading, Writing and Arithmetic. B) Science and PE. C) Sewing, singing and playing the piano. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The 3 R's:Reading, Writing and Arithmetic. 17. Isambard Kingdom Brunel engineered the first passenger trainline from Bristol to where? A) Birmingham. B) Edinburgh. C) Nottingham. D) London. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) London. 18. When the Duke says "This grew. I gave commands, then all smiles stopped together" indicated the Duke treated his wife with A) Neglect. B) Indulgence. C) Respect. D) Cruelty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cruelty. 19. Queen Victoria came to the throne A) During the world's first industrial revolution. . B) During a mutiny in India. C) During the American Revolution. D) During a time of political turmoil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) During the world's first industrial revolution. . 20. The early readers of the Victorian Novel came from the upper, aristocrat class, unlike today's audiences A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 21. The Victorian people believed that your identity was made up of three things including ..... A) Race, gender and class. B) Gender, knowledge and political view. C) Class, knowledge and religion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Race, gender and class. 22. Booklets that provided highly sensational stories were called ..... A) Cheap sheets. B) Penny dreadfuls. C) Soap operas. D) Novellas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Penny dreadfuls. 23. What were conditions in the workhouses like? A) Comfortable. B) Welcoming. C) Hygienic. D) Harsh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harsh. 24. What was Victoria's real first name? A) Susan. B) Elizabeth. C) Alexandrina. D) Vicky. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alexandrina. 25. When did the poor law start A) 1066. B) 1834. C) 1901. D) 1837. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1834. 26. WHAT WAS FEATURED ON THE FIRST POSTAGE STAMP? A) A LETTER. B) A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN. C) A YOUNG QUEEN VICTORIA'S PROFILE. D) VICTORIA'S YOUNG NEPHEW. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A YOUNG QUEEN VICTORIA'S PROFILE. 27. What title was granted to Queen Victoria in 1877? A) Empress of China. B) Queen of Spain. C) Empress of India. D) Queen of France. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Empress of India. 28. Victorian age was a time of ..... A) Royal battles. B) Crisis and poverty. C) Progress and great inventions. D) Poor values. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Progress and great inventions. 29. The Industrial Revolution created a great demand for goods and therefore factories would not let their employees off even for Christmas. What was NOT a change because of the Industrial Revolution in England? A) The introduction of power driven machinery. B) England became so wealthy that the government took care of everyone. C) A growth of factories. D) People moved into cities seeking work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) England became so wealthy that the government took care of everyone. 30. Why were families annoyed by the Factory Act? A) Children under 10 couldn't work in factories. B) Children over 8 had to work in factories, if not in school. C) Women were not allowed to work in factories. D) Children now had to work in factories for less money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Children under 10 couldn't work in factories. 31. Who has said these lines, 'Indian Empire will go, at any rate, some day; but this Shakespeare does not go, he lasts with us; we cannot give-up our Shakespeare.' A) Tennyson. B) Carlyle. C) Mary Ann Evans. D) Charles Dickens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carlyle. 32. All of these were reasons to end up in a workhouse, EXCEPT A) You could not afford to feed your family. B) Your parents died. C) You had too much money. D) You had lost your job. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You had too much money. 33. Clapboard Siding A) The piece that runs along where the roof and wall meets. B) The upper part of a wall or story. C) The piece that comes out from the roof and covers the porch. D) A post that goes across the top of a window or door. E) Wood siding used on a house. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Wood siding used on a house. 34. The New Education Act saw the extension of compulsory schooling extended to the age of 16 A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 35. The education act of 1870 made part-time school compulsory for all children under the age of ..... A) 11. B) 12. C) 9. D) 13. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 13. 36. Major representants of the late victorian Novel A) Charles dickens and Thomas Hardy. B) The Bronte Sisters. C) Thomas Hardy and Oscar Wilde. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thomas Hardy and Oscar Wilde. 37. What would life have been like during the Victorian Era? A) Clean and lovely for the poor. B) Extremely difficult for the poor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extremely difficult for the poor. 38. When did Queen Victoria's reign begin and end? A) 10th June 1834-30th January 1900. B) 20th June 1837-22nd January 1901. C) 20th May 1837-22nd January 1901. D) 22nd June 1837-25th January 1902. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 20th June 1837-22nd January 1901. 39. What was the "Industrial Revolution" ? A) A time period where there were massive, technological and scientific advancements. B) A time period in the Americas where there were multiple revolutions. C) A time period where people reverted back to agriculture instead of technology. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A time period where there were massive, technological and scientific advancements. 40. Workhouses were often unfit for people including small children because there was: A) Little to no heat, rags for blankets, little or nothing to eat, and people could be overworked or beaten. B) The machinery was dangerous. C) Animals roamed the buildings. D) Criminals were allowed in to buy workers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Little to no heat, rags for blankets, little or nothing to eat, and people could be overworked or beaten. 41. What is the definition of the word 'industrial'? A) A building made of brick. B) A building with a chimney. C) To with the farming of land. D) To do with the manufacture of goods in factories. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To do with the manufacture of goods in factories. 42. Sonnets from the Portuguese was written by A) Byron. B) Mathew Arnold. C) Robert Southey. D) Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elizabeth Barrett Browning. 43. Where was Queen Victoria born? A) Kensington Palace. B) Buckingham Palace. C) Tower of London. D) Windsor Castle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kensington Palace. 44. In "Porphyria's Lover", what does Porphyria say she is incapable of doing? A) Obeying her "vainer ties" (other relationships) and loving only him and no one else. B) Acting on the passion she feels. C) Kissing the speaker as he wishes. D) Making herself attractive to the speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obeying her "vainer ties" (other relationships) and loving only him and no one else. 45. What was Queen Victoria's reign known as? A) Elizabethan England. B) Victorian England. C) Tudor England. D) Stuart England. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Victorian England. 46. Teaching was often the job of married ladies A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 47. What is the time period of Victorian Age? A) 1380-1921. B) 1803-1830. C) 1880-1970. D) 1830-1901. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1830-1901. 48. Due to the massive population boom during this time period, many cities in the United Kingdom had truly terrible ..... A) Cell reception. B) Living conditions. C) Vehicle traffic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Living conditions. 49. What were some of the characteristics of Victorian schools? A) Strict discipline, rote learning, emphasis on memorization, corporal punishment, and separate education for boys and girls. B) Relaxed discipline, healthy learning environment, emphasis on problem-solving, and no punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strict discipline, rote learning, emphasis on memorization, corporal punishment, and separate education for boys and girls. 50. Alexander Graham Bell invented the ..... A) Bicycle. B) Telephone. C) Lightbulb. D) Car. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Telephone. 51. The poem "The White Man's Burden" celebrates the American domination on ..... after the Spanish American Wars A) The Philippines. B) Japan. C) India. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Philippines. 52. Queen Elizabeth II was the longest-reigning British monarch. A) Yes. B) No. C) Who knows?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 53. Victoria reigned for ..... years A) 50. B) 60. C) 64. D) 54. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 64. 54. Lessons were accompanied by music A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 55. Name three things that were invented in the Victorian Era? A) Telephone, aeroplane, typewriter. B) Telephone, typewriter, bicycle. C) Telephone, bicycle, computer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Telephone, typewriter, bicycle. 56. The Victorian Era is considered to be A) The greatest age of exploration. B) The golden age of English poetry. C) The golden age of the English novel. D) The golden age of scientific discovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The golden age of the English novel. 57. When did Queen Victoria die? A) 1903. B) 1904. C) 1905. D) 1901. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1901. 58. The Victorian era lasted for almost 64 years, until the Queen's death in 1901, a reign which is second only to that of Elizabeth A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 59. What is the name of the historical novel of George Eliot? A) Middlemarch. B) Romola. C) Felix Holt. D) Amos Barton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romola. 60. If a family could not provide food for their child, what would they do? A) Starve themselves and give their child their food. B) Steal food from a market to feed their child. C) Kick the child out to the streets. D) Go to a local shelter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kick the child out to the streets. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPeriods QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesVictorian Period Quiz 1Victorian Period Quiz 2Victorian Period Quiz 3Victorian Period Quiz 4Victorian Period Quiz 5Victorian Period Quiz 6Victorian Period Quiz 7Victorian Period Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books