This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Periods > Victorian > Victorian Period – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Victorian Period Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Magistrates Court can hear appeals from which other court? A) Coroner's Court. B) Children's Court. C) It has no appellate jurisdiction. D) Traffic Court. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It has no appellate jurisdiction. 2. How long did it take Oliver to reach London? A) A month. B) 7 days. C) Three weeks. D) One day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7 days. 3. The tradition of decorating a tree for Christmas A) Comes from Germany. B) Was popularized by Prince Albert. C) Became popular during the time of Queen Victoria, the mid 1800s. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 4. B3 Word for ocean, large mass of water A) Seaford. B) Sea Lake. C) Seabrook. D) Seaview. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sea Lake. 5. The Boer War gave Britain possession of territories of ..... A) Strategic importance. B) Rich in gold and diamonds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rich in gold and diamonds. 6. Which children were allowed to go to school? A) Poor children. B) Rich children. C) Really rich children. D) Children with hats. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rich children. 7. Queen Victoria didn't make any changes? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. What led to the return of full beards? A) The fact that Prince Albert starting maintaining a mustache. B) The order of Queen Victoria that all lower-class individuals should have a beard. C) The freezing temperatures in Crimea during wars. D) The influence of French fashion on British. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The freezing temperatures in Crimea during wars. 9. In "To an Athlete Dying Young", the poet suggests that the young athlete is smart to "slip betimes away" because fame A) Breeds boredom. B) Strips away privacy. C) Is addictive. D) Fades quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fades quickly. 10. Dickens visited his dad in debtor's prison, which was A) A boarding house. B) Prison for criminals. C) A home for jobless people. D) Jail for poor people. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jail for poor people. 11. What allowed middle class families in England and Wales to celebrate Christmas over two days? A) The popularity of carol singers. B) The invention of Christmas crackers. C) The wealth generated by factories. D) The return of country folk . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The wealth generated by factories. 12. Which of the following was a major technological innovation of the Victorian Era? A) The airplane. B) The telephone. C) The automobile. D) The internet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The telephone. 13. Many children worked as chimney sweeps because they had certificates. A) True. B) False. C) Not states. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. In which country John Keats was buried? A) Rome. B) France. C) England. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rome. 15. What did Charles Dickens think about The Poor Law? A) He was against it (he opposed it.). B) He didn't know about it. C) He loved it. D) He wrote it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was against it (he opposed it.). 16. What was the main source of power used in the factories during the Industrial Revolution? A) Coal-fired steam engines. B) Electricity. C) Water. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coal-fired steam engines. 17. In the 1860s, how did women's skirts and dresses change? A) Skirts became longer and dresses had more embeleshments. B) Skirts became looser and dresses got tighter. C) Skirts became shorter and dresses got poofier. D) Skirts became flatter and dresses had higher necklines. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skirts became flatter and dresses had higher necklines. 18. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE RADIO PROGRAMME? A) THINGS TO THE PAST. B) THINKS TO THE PAST. C) LINKS TO THE PAST. D) THAN TO THE PAST. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) LINKS TO THE PAST. 19. What is one reason for imperialism? A) To get raw materials. B) To demolish the enemies. C) To spread world peace. D) To get to know your mom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To get raw materials. 20. What type of poem is 'In Memoriam'? A) Sonnet. B) Eulogy. C) Elegy. D) Ode. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elegy. 21. Which of the phrases below, by itself, does NOT represent a theme? A) Love. B) Clothing. C) Power. D) Beauty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clothing. 22. What was made from wood and was used to hit children? A) Dunce cap. B) Stick. C) Belt. D) Cane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cane. 23. What did Queen Victoria become a symbol of? A) Change and progress. B) Stability and continuity. C) Revolution and rebellion. D) Anarchy and chaos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stability and continuity. 24. Santa's red suit was made popular in A) A Christmas Carol movie. B) To Coca Cola ad. C) The North Pole. D) The book A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To Coca Cola ad. 25. Which body part shouldn't a lady show in public? A) Hands. B) Cheeks. C) Ankles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ankles. 26. What Christmas tradition did John Calcott start? A) Sending Christmas cards. B) Pulling Christmas crackers. C) Eating Christmas pudding. D) Putting up a Christmas tree in your home. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sending Christmas cards. 27. When Charles Dickens was 10, his father was sent to prison and Young Dickens had to quit school to help his family survive. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 28. What happened in 1880? A) Queen Victoria passed away. B) Children age 5-13 must go to school. C) Dr Barnardo opened the first home of boys. D) The Great Exhibition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Children age 5-13 must go to school. 29. The reforms enacted by Parliament primarily affected the lower classes by- A) Increasing the oppression faced by factory workers. B) Slowly improving living and working conditions. C) Addressing the unemployment crisis that arose in the 1840s. D) Contributing to the development of slums. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slowly improving living and working conditions. 30. At age 22 the speaker responds to the wise man's words with A) Joy. B) Disbelief. C) Humility. D) Defiance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humility. 31. What issue is expressed in the octave? of 'Remember'? A) Looks back and clings to memoriesShe does not want her lover to move on. B) Looks backs and lets go of the pastShe wants her lover to move on. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Looks back and clings to memoriesShe does not want her lover to move on. 32. What is the name of the man who invented the "Victorian Meme Machine" ? A) Mr. Bob. B) Mr. Hill. C) Mr. Victorian. D) Mr. Nicholson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mr. Nicholson. 33. Even though there were many laws passed to stop child labour in the Victorian Era, there were still children working when Queen Victoria died in 1901. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 34. The low point of Queen Victoria's life was the death of her beloved Albert(from typhoid). In which year was this? A) 1881. B) 1861. C) 1871. D) 1851. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1861. 35. What was the significance of the Crimean War? A) Led to Florence Nightingale's nursing organisation. B) British troops put down Indian Mutiny. C) First war with direct journalistic coverage. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 36. Who invented Christmas crackers? A) Tom Smith. B) Prince Albert. C) Queen Victoria. D) Charles Dickens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tom Smith. 37. Which is not a division of the Victorian Magistrates Court? A) Drug Court. B) Coroner's Court. C) Judge Judy. D) Choir Court. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Judge Judy. 38. The 18th century also saw the creation of the first schools for girls and the establishment of a number of new universities A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 39. The new Education Act recognised education as a universal right A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 40. Which dress is from Victorian era? A) . B) . C) . D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 41. The macaroni and cheese ..... ready to eat now. A) Is. B) Are. C) Were. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 42. Children fixed the machines at cotton factories. A) True. B) False. C) Not stated. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 43. What century did Queen Victoria rule in? A) 21st century. B) 19th century. C) 9th century. D) 14th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 19th century. 44. What were the colours of the Victorian period? A) Bright reds. B) Dark hues. C) Black and grey. D) Neutral blues. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dark hues. 45. What were some of the technological advancements during the Industrial Revolution? A) Candle making, pottery wheel, horse-drawn carriages. B) Steam engine, textile machinery, iron production, and the development of the telegraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Steam engine, textile machinery, iron production, and the development of the telegraph. 46. What makes the poem The Darkling Thrush a 'Transitional Poem'? A) It bridges the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries. B) It connects Hope with Despair. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It bridges the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries. 47. He inspected the mines and factories to monitor the poor children's working conditions. A) Members of the Parliament. B) Thomas John Barnardo. C) Lord Shaftesbury. D) Charles Dickens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lord Shaftesbury. 48. Which literary genre grew popular during Victorian age? A) Prose. B) Novel. C) Drama. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Novel. 49. Why did Prime Ministers have more control during Victoria's reign? A) She was deemed incapable of making wise decisions. B) She was grief-stricken after her husband died and withdrew from politics. C) Her grandfather was George III, and people were afraid she was crazy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was grief-stricken after her husband died and withdrew from politics. 50. Charles Darwin ..... A) Creator of The Theory of Evolution and Natural Selection. B) British Explorer. C) Greek Philosopher. D) Scottish inventor, invented the telephone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Creator of The Theory of Evolution and Natural Selection. 51. By the end of Victoria's reign, the British empire extended A) From coast to coast. B) From the north to the south poles. . C) Over one-fifth of the earth's surface. D) Around the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over one-fifth of the earth's surface. 52. What is a pauper? A) A rich person. B) A very poor person. C) A person who works at the church. D) A member of the royal family. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A very poor person. 53. Boys and girls were generally separated and classes were extremely big by today's standards A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 54. What was the first locomotive train designed to transport? A) Animals. B) Coal. C) Machinery. D) People. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coal. 55. The First Reform Bill was passed in A) 1832. B) 1836. C) 1864. D) 1851. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1832. 56. At the beginning, there were some concerns about making novels too readily available to young girls, who could be influenced by them A) True. B) False, there was never such concern during the Victorian period. C) False, it was during the dawn of the Victorian age, when the novel as a literary form fully developed. D) False, since the family model and ideology of the era prevented such thing to happen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 57. Which one of the following poems by Tennyson is a dramatic monologue? A) Tithonus. B) Crossing the Bar. C) In Memoriam. D) The Charge of the Light Brigade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tithonus. 58. What role did women's clothing play in Victorian society? A) Women's clothing was not significant in Victorian society. B) Women's clothing reflected their desire for simplicity. C) Women's clothing was primarily about comfort and practicality. D) Clothes expressed women's status in society and were influenced by social class. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clothes expressed women's status in society and were influenced by social class. 59. Which novel ends with the Biblical epigraph "In their death, they were not divided" A) Orlando. B) Mill on the floss. C) Middle march. D) Adam Bede. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mill on the floss. 60. Where there laws to protect working children? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPeriods QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesVictorian Period Quiz 1Victorian Period Quiz 2Victorian Period Quiz 3Victorian Period Quiz 4Victorian Period Quiz 5Victorian Period Quiz 7Victorian Period Quiz 8Victorian Period Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books