This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Periods > Victorian > Victorian Period – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Victorian Period Quiz 13 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which development presented a challenge to traditional religion during the Victorian era? A) Publication of Origin of the Species. B) The Oxford Movement. C) The Higher Critics. D) The geological dating of the earth. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 2. In factories children went under heavy machines ..... A) To sleep for a little time. B) To fix parts. C) To hide from the bosses. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To fix parts. 3. Which sorts of children were sold as chimney sweeps? A) Wealthy children. B) Poor children. C) Orphans and homeless children. D) Badly behaved children. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Orphans and homeless children. 4. Which foods were eaten by the rich and the poor? A) Beef. B) Treacle. C) Vegetables. D) Oats. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oats. 5. During this period children A) Could work. B) Had to work because industry needed a lot of labor. C) Didn't have to work. D) Had to work at school. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had to work because industry needed a lot of labor. 6. In "My Last Duchess", the Duke suggests that he is most proud of his A) Artistic possessions. B) Wealth. C) Late wife. D) Name. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Name. 7. What is this punishment? A) Silly hat. B) Dodo hat. C) Dunce hat. D) Dippy hat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dunce hat. 8. Name the war Britain was engaged in between 1853 and 1856 A) The Boer War. B) The Crimean War. C) The Franco-Prussian War. D) World War 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Crimean War. 9. There were ..... A) Very few safety rules in the coal mines. B) Many laws and regulations to be followed in the coal mine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Very few safety rules in the coal mines. 10. CENTURY OF THE VICTORIAN ERA A) XX. B) XIX. C) XXI. D) XV. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) XIX. 11. Elementary Education Act A) 1871. B) 1846. C) 1877. D) 1870. E) 1836. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1870. 12. The approval of the Corn Laws in 1846 were a significant victory for the industrial middle class. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 13. In Memoriam Tennyson mourns the death of A) Shelley. B) Keats. C) Arthur Hallam. D) Byron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arthur Hallam. 14. What book by Charles Dickens is credited with helping to popularize the traditions of the Victorian Christmas? A) Oliver Twist. B) A Christmas Carol. C) Great Expectations. D) A Tale of Two Cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Christmas Carol. 15. Who were the dominant political parties during the Victorian era? A) Liberal Party and Conservative Party. B) Labour Party and Green Party. C) Socialist Party and Communist Party. D) National Party and Democratic Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liberal Party and Conservative Party. 16. What did Victorian children write with? A) A pen. B) Chalk. C) Paint. D) A pencil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chalk. 17. When did Queen Victoria ascend the throne? A) In 1854. B) In 1901. C) In 1832. D) In 1837. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In 1837. 18. What was the school teaching equipment? A) Sheets of paper. B) Blackboard, eassel, slate and a slate pencil. C) Pens. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blackboard, eassel, slate and a slate pencil. 19. One of the reasons for the expansion of the empire was to protect the trade route to and from India A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. The religious writer John Henry Newman is associated with which of the following movements? A) Humanism. B) Oxford Movement. C) Romantic Movement. D) Decadence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxford Movement. 21. Who made many changes to schools to improve education, especially for the poor children? A) Queen Elizabeth. B) Queen Mary. C) Queen Catherine. D) Queen Victoria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Queen Victoria. 22. Why did rich Victorian children have a better education? A) They had governess to teach them and books. B) Their parents helped them. C) They were rich. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They had governess to teach them and books. 23. Hardy said he was prouder of his poetry or his prose? A) His poetry. B) His prose. C) Equally proud. D) Not proud of either. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His poetry. 24. The scientific and technological advances of the time gave Victorians a great sense of A) Uncertainty. B) Pessimism. C) Confidence. D) Inferiority. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Confidence. 25. The Victorian Era was? A) A long time before the Elizabethan Era. B) Before the Elizabethan Era. C) During the Elizabethan Era. D) After the Elizabethan Era. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After the Elizabethan Era. 26. For WHOM was the Victorian Era named? A) King Victor the First of Russia. B) Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. C) Victory-the Greek Goddess, Nike. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. 27. The Court of Appeals is a division of which Court? A) High Court. B) County Court. C) Supreme Court. D) Magistrates Court. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supreme Court. 28. Which court sits at the top of the Victorian Court Hierarchy? A) Supreme Court. B) High Court. C) Magistrates Court. D) Children's Court. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) High Court. 29. What invention made the process of printing on massive scales easier? A) Anesthesia. B) Telegraph. C) Rotary Press. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rotary Press. 30. The religious movement that influenced many Victorians was called evangelicalism A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 31. Dr Barnardo believed that what? A) All children should work in factories. B) No children should be sent to work. C) All children should be looked after and receive an education. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All children should be looked after and receive an education. 32. What were some of the options that the poor had in England? A) The government provided food and shelter. B) The poor could get a job. C) The poor could live with family members. D) The poor could go to prison or to workhouses or beg. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The poor could go to prison or to workhouses or beg. 33. Who were the Victorians? A) People who are victorious. B) People who lived during the ruling of Queen Victoria. C) People who lived during the Black Plague. D) People who lived during the World War II. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People who lived during the ruling of Queen Victoria. 34. Partially due to the massive population increase during this time period, many cities in Britain had ..... A) More social stratification. B) Less access to travel. C) Unhealthy living conditions. D) Advanced health care. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unhealthy living conditions. 35. Choose the word or phrase that best defines the italicized word. "And by the moon the reaper weary, /Piling sheaves in uplands airy ..... " A) Bales of cotton. B) Bundles of grain. C) Stacks of kindling. D) Clusters of insects. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bundles of grain. 36. Some children had worked in the countryside. What were their jobs in the countryside? A) Farming or water carrier. B) Domestic servant or washer. C) Bird scarers or stone pickers. D) Stone pickers or fruit harvesters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bird scarers or stone pickers. 37. What were the other two types of writing popular during the Victorian period? A) Novels and poetry. B) Novels and essays. C) Essays and poetry. D) Poetry and sonnets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Novels and poetry. 38. Movement which purpose of art is to present an objective representation of real life which reflects the daily habits, desires, and aspirations of the reader. A) Liberalism. B) Realism. C) Utilitarianism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Realism. 39. What is this about? A) Victorians Poor and Rich. B) Victorians Rich and Poor!. C) Poor and Rich Jihu. D) Victorians Poor and NOT Rich. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Victorians Poor and Rich. 40. Who succeeded Queen Victoria? A) King Edward VII. B) Queen Elizabeth II. C) King William IV. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King Edward VII. 41. Queen Vicoria ..... Queen when she was 18. A) Died. B) Reigned. C) Was. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 42. What was the main work of poor people living in the countryside? A) Peddling. B) Weaving. C) Hunting. D) Farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Farming. 43. Where did the cornucopia shape come from? A) Greenland. B) Germany. C) Greek. D) Plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greek. 44. All of the following changed between the speaker's 21st and 22nd birthdays except A) Speaker's depth of experience with love. B) Wise man's attitude toward love. C) Speaker's attitude toward the wise man's words. D) Speaker's attitude toward love. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wise man's attitude toward love. 45. Which word best describes Queen Victoria's childhood. A) Sad. B) Exciting. C) Lonely. D) Boring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lonely. 46. The Reform Act which gave the vote to every male adult householder living in a borough constituency took place in A) 1875. B) 1865. C) 1857. D) 1867. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1867. 47. Women had a variety of occupations to choose from. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 48. During queen Victoria's reign, what were the two houses of Parliament? A) House of Lords and House of Cards. B) House of the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party. C) House of Cards and Conservative House. D) House of Commons and House of Lords. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) House of Commons and House of Lords. 49. What year did the victorian era begin? A) 1901. B) 1934. C) 1837. D) 1845. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1837. 50. Who organised the Great Exhibition in 1851? A) Charles Dickens. B) Queen Victoria. C) Prince Albert. D) Sir Robert Peel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prince Albert. 51. The gradually increased access to state-funded encourages critical thinking A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 52. The Victorian Age started in which century? A) 19th. B) 18th. C) 17th. D) 16th. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 19th. 53. When a family had fallen on hard times and decided to go to a workhouse ..... A) They found a welcoming home at the workhouse. B) They were given one room for the whole family to live in. C) They were split up and divided into men, women and children. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were split up and divided into men, women and children. 54. In 1870 education laws were introduced. How old were the children who had to attend school? A) 5-12. B) 5-9. C) 4-9. D) 6-12. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5-12. 55. Who had education system in their hands? A) Church and teachers. B) Philanthropists and teachers. C) Philanthropists and church. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Philanthropists and church. 56. Why was this time period known as The Victorian time period? A) It was named after King Victor III. B) It was named after the time of victory in England. C) No one knows why. D) It was named after Queen Victoria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was named after Queen Victoria. 57. What was the cause of Prince Albert's death? A) Cancer. B) Typhoid. C) Tumor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Typhoid. 58. C2 Sounds like the red character in Sesame Street A) Echuca. B) Bendigo. C) Elmore. D) Ararat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elmore. 59. What became free in 1845? A) Libraries. B) Phone Booths. C) Museums. D) Public Toilets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Libraries. 60. Where did the first wave of feminism begin? A) Big Ben Tower. B) Buckingham Palace Triangle. C) Langham Palace Circle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Langham Palace Circle. ← 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