This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Periods > Victorian > Victorian Period – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Victorian Period Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The death of Hardy's first wife Emma in 1912 caught him by surprise and left him feeling A) Empty and cold prompting 5 years without any writing. B) Distraught, prompting an outpouring of poems, of which 'The Going' is the first. C) Guilty which caused him to go into hiding. D) Happy because he could remarry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Distraught, prompting an outpouring of poems, of which 'The Going' is the first. 2. Who has written the satirical realism novel "Vanity Fair" ? A) Charles Dickens. B) William Makepeace Thackjeray. C) Alfred Lord Tennyson. D) Carlyle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William Makepeace Thackjeray. 3. Choose the word or phrase that best defines the italicized word. "Sometimes a curly shepherd lad, /Or long-haired page in crimson clad ..... " A) Lady-in-waiting. B) Knight-in-training. C) Servant of royalty. D) Student of religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knight-in-training. 4. THey worked in the open markets in ..... A) The streets. B) The fields. C) Coal mines. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The streets. 5. Which important revolution happened in the Victorian period? A) The British Revolution. B) The Spanish Revolution. C) The American Revolution. D) The Industrial Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Industrial Revolution. 6. Among other things, the Chartist Movement demanded the abolition of slavery and votes for women. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 7. Scrooge will be visited by the ghost of his ..... A) Past. B) Present. C) Future. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 8. Whose idea was The Great Exhibition? A) King Albert. B) Queen Victoria. C) George Stephenson. D) Prince Albert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prince Albert. 9. What is the sub-title of Hopkin's poem, "The Windhover" ? A) To Christ. B) God's Grandeur. C) The Inscape of a bird. D) To Christ our Lord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To Christ our Lord. 10. Queen Victoria ruled for ..... years A) 62. B) 64. C) 71. D) 56. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 64. 11. What were some of the harsh living conditions in the slums during the Victorian era? A) Abundance of green spaces, well-maintained infrastructure, and strong community support. B) Overcrowding, poor sanitation, lack of clean water, inadequate housing, poverty, and crime. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overcrowding, poor sanitation, lack of clean water, inadequate housing, poverty, and crime. 12. School attendance in French is A) To work at school. B) Stay in school. C) Go to school. D) Schooling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Schooling. 13. The Victorian Era is considered to be the golden age of ..... A) English poetry. B) The English novel. C) Scientific discovery. D) Exploration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The English novel. 14. The working class lived ..... A) Thanks to the Church. B) In degraded slums with a lack of hygiene. C) In quite good conditions. D) In nice houses in the suburbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In degraded slums with a lack of hygiene. 15. What characterized the Victorian era? A) Class-based society. B) Growing state and economy. C) Most powerful empire in the world. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 16. When did the Victorian era begin? A) 1819. B) 1837. C) 1839. D) 1827. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1837. 17. D1 Slither, land in ocean A) Ballarat. B) Crawlton. C) Snake Valley. D) Skipton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Snake Valley. 18. Which novel by Charles Dickens was written in multiple parts that were published over a 2-year period. In this novel, he was targeting the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834. A) Great Expectations. B) David Copperfield. C) Frankenstein. D) Oliver Twist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oliver Twist. 19. Which novel is a-kind of bildungsroman, as it traces the growth of the protagonist into a young man through various trials and tribulations? A) Oliver Twist. B) Martin Chuzzlewit. C) Tom Jones. D) David Copperfield. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) David Copperfield. 20. Many children worked as chimney sweeps because ..... A) They wanted to meet Santa Clause. B) They were small and thick. C) They were small and thin. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were small and thin. 21. True or False:everyone got quality medical care at workhouses A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. The penny farthing is a type of ..... A) Money. B) Bicycle. C) Stamp. D) Automobile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bicycle. 23. There were many important changes during Victoria's reign. What happened in 1937? A) Most people lived in town and worked as professional. B) Most people lived in villages and worked on the land. C) Most people lived in cities and worked on the land. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Most people lived in villages and worked on the land. 24. WHO IS THE GUEST IN THE PROGRAMME? A) A REPORTER. B) A HISTORIAN. C) A RESIDENT. D) A JOURNALIST. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A HISTORIAN. 25. When did most women over age 30 get the right to vote? A) 1918. B) 1829. C) 1832. D) 1867. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1918. 26. Why did Dickens write A Christmas Carol A) He needed the money. B) He was haunted by ghosts. C) For the children. D) He saw the movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He needed the money. 27. Which best fits the description of the theme of the poem? A) The poem expresses the importance of remembering, additionally, the importance of letting go of memories which cause pain. Someone who has loved truly will want to be remembered for the good and bad memories. The person, also would not want those memories to cause unhappiness to the loved one who remains behind. "Remember" also shows the poet's struggle to understand and come to terms with the unavoidable transition between life and death-between our physical existence and the crossing-over into the unknown. B) The poem is about the importance of remembering, but more importantly the harshness of letting go. If someone has loved then they will want to be remembered and if not they will be hurt and not be able to cross over. The memories left are the ones which bereaved loved ones should hold onto and not move on with their lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The poem expresses the importance of remembering, additionally, the importance of letting go of memories which cause pain. Someone who has loved truly will want to be remembered for the good and bad memories. The person, also would not want those memories to cause unhappiness to the loved one who remains behind. "Remember" also shows the poet's struggle to understand and come to terms with the unavoidable transition between life and death-between our physical existence and the crossing-over into the unknown. 28. Rich Victorians lived in ..... A) Tom(WHAT ARE YOU THINKING). B) A game. C) Large houses that were well heated and clean. D) Very small house with only a couple of rooms on each floor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Large houses that were well heated and clean. 29. Many Irish people emigrated to America because of ..... A) The potato famine. B) The water drought. C) The enclosure of lands. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The potato famine. 30. What was the original purpose of a workhouse? A) To provide food and shelter in exchange for labor. B) To give a job to the poor. C) To allow poor people to stay there for free. D) To take in children whose parents turned them away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To provide food and shelter in exchange for labor. 31. Did the factory owners paid their workers good? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 32. The writers focused their own style on ..... among others. A) Some classism. B) Skepticism. C) Sense and sensibility. D) Modernism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skepticism. 33. Queen Victoria Died in 1911 A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 34. A comprehensive state education system was introduced in England and Wales in A) 1962. B) 1961. C) 1965. D) 1963. E) 1964. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1965. 35. Robert Browning's 'My Last Duchess' explores Victorian concerns with A) Life after death. B) How women were objectified and manipulated. C) The role of art in society. D) The corrupting nature of commerce. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How women were objectified and manipulated. 36. Arrange in a chronological order I. The Time Machine II. The Invisible man III. The island of Doctor moreau IV. The sleeper awakes A) I, IV, III, II. B) I, III, II, IV. C) IV, III, I, II. D) III, IV, I, II. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I, III, II, IV. 37. When was the world's first postage stamp Penny Black released in A) 1845. B) 1840. C) 1842. D) 1855. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1840. 38. Which was NOT a common job for Victorian children living in a city? A) Working in service of a wealthy family. B) Mill worker. C) Factory worker. D) Farmer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Farmer. 39. Children slept very little. A) True. B) False. C) Not stated. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not stated. 40. When was the first underground railway invented? A) 1878. B) 1815. C) 1863. D) 1861. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1863. 41. What is an apprentice? A) A person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer. B) A person who does work that they don't want to do. C) A person who is very skilled at their work. D) A person who has a job. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer. 42. Many people moved from villages to towns and cities to ..... A) Build bridges. B) Find work. C) Work in science. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Find work. 43. A word to say that something is getting big A) Growth. B) Growl. C) Unemployment. D) Poor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Growth. 44. The Crimean War was fought to prevent ..... control of the Dardanelles. A) Russian. B) Turkish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Russian. 45. They were built in Victorian times A) Big Ben and The British Museum. B) Big Ben and The Tower Bridge. C) The Tower Bridge and The British Museum. D) The British Museum and Victoria Station. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Big Ben and The Tower Bridge. 46. What kind of men's fashion features aquires women's suit? A) Starched collars, cream colored cuffs. B) Starched collars, cuffs, ties. C) Starched collars, white cuffs, ties. D) Starched collars, cuffs, bows, ties. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Starched collars, cuffs, ties. 47. What type of fiction combines romance, horror, and exotic enemies? A) Gothic fantasy. B) Religious poetry. C) Historical drama. D) Western opera. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gothic fantasy. 48. An important influence on the Victorian era was the A) Restoration of the Crown. B) Industrial Revolution. C) High Renaissance. D) Age of Enlightenment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrial Revolution. 49. In "When I Was One and Twenty", the poet's attitude toward the wise man's words in the first stanza is A) Angry. B) Amused. C) Respectful. D) Dismissive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dismissive. 50. In which essay does Ruskin discuss that great architecture, like any great art, produced moral feelings? A) Unto this Last. B) The Secrets of Architecture. C) The Seven Lamps of Architecture. D) The Great Architecture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Seven Lamps of Architecture. 51. Other authors were appalled by the ..... of the Victorian upper and middle classes-an attitude they considered tasteless, joyless, and destructive of community. A) Materialism. B) Insensibility. C) Racism. D) Intelligence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Materialism. 52. How many stars are in the damozel's hair? A) 3. B) 5. C) 7. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7. 53. When did the Victorian Age begin? A) 1837. B) 1832. C) 1835. D) 1830. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1837. 54. The beginning of the Victorian Period. A) 1837. B) 1857. C) 1873. D) 1847. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1837. 55. People that lived in a workhouse had ..... A) Come from prison. B) Big houses elsewhere. C) No where else to live. D) Lots of family to live with. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No where else to live. 56. Which of these do you think is an invention of the Industrial Revolution? A) Sewing machine. B) Typewriter. C) Automobile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sewing machine. 57. What big event was held at the Crystal Palace in 1851? A) The Great Elimination. B) The Great Experiment. C) The Grace Exhalation. D) The Great Exhibition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Great Exhibition. 58. Which of these did Margaret not invent? A) Various engines. B) Synthetic rubber. C) Lid-removing pliers. D) A numbering machine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synthetic rubber. 59. The British Government protected farmers by the introduction of the corn laws. This law stabilised the food prices of the British farmers by. A) Giving them tax cuts. B) Cutting taxes of imported food. C) Taxing imports of foreign food. D) Giving the money to invest in farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taxing imports of foreign food. 60. Which country is Britain (UK)? A) 1. B) 4. C) 3. D) 2. 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