This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Periods > Victorian > Victorian Period – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Victorian Period Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Girls didn't go to school. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. What did Charles Dickens believe would help improve the lives of poor people? A) Education. B) Religion. C) Wealth. D) Charity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Education. 3. Which of the following authors promoted versions of socialism? A) William Morris. B) Karl Marx. C) John Ruskin. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 4. How many students were in one class room? A) Over 100. B) Less than 50. C) Both answers are wrong. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over 100. 5. What was driven through the streets of London until the mid-1800's? A) Buses. B) Cattle. C) Cars. D) Horses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cattle. 6. Select the correct spelling:I am wanting to set new goals moving forwerd into the new term. A) Forward. B) Four. C) Fourward. D) Forword. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forward. 7. He set up the East End Juvenile mission and has rescued almost 60, 000 children. A) Charles Dickens. B) Lord Shaftesbury. C) Members of the Parliament. D) Thomas John Barnardo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thomas John Barnardo. 8. What was the name of the monkey Nellie Bly acquired in Singapore? A) McLeod. B) Amedio. C) McGuinty. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) McGuinty. 9. Asikli Hoyuk is of historical significant, as it is a site where ..... A) A large Sumerian city was built. B) Nomadic tribes would meet and exchange ideas and have marriages. C) One of the first farming villages developed. D) A war between the Persians and Greeks took place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One of the first farming villages developed. 10. The literature of the Victorian era was profoundly influenced by A) The development of science. . B) The development of the printing press. C) The development of the steam engine. D) The development of the women's movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The development of science. . 11. What happens to Porphyria? A) Her lover stranglers her with her hair. B) Her lover kisses her cheek and rests her head on his shoulder. C) Her lover stares deeply into her blue eyes and knows Porphyria loves him. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 12. Queen Victoria reigned for sixty-four years. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Which industrial novel, portrayed the conditions of education, exploitation and industry? A) David Copperfield. B) Martin Chuzzlewit. C) Hard Times. D) Oliver Twist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hard Times. 14. What was the impact of the constitutional monarchy on Victorian society and culture? A) Decreased importance of parliamentary democracy. B) Limited influence in foreign policy. C) Fostering national identity and continuity. D) Negative attitudes towards the monarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fostering national identity and continuity. 15. What feeling overcomes the Duke throughout the poem? A) Tolerance. B) Insecurity. C) Jealousy. D) Sorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jealousy. 16. Charles Dickens wrote ..... A) Wuthering Heights. B) Sherlock Holmes. C) A Christmas Carol. D) Alice in Wonderland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A Christmas Carol. 17. They carried stones and coals in ..... A) Mills. B) The street. C) Coal mines. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coal mines. 18. Inventions of the Victorian age included A) Telegraph. B) Intercontinental cable. C) Photography. D) All of the above. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 19. How are there train tracks running through the buildings of Victorian London? A) Houses were built above the tracks on bridges. B) The tracks run underground. C) They are old ones, which are now cycle paths. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tracks run underground. 20. Which character was NOT created by Dickens? A) Fagin. B) Ebenezer Scrooge. C) Mr Gradgrind. D) Heathcliff. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heathcliff. 21. What did many young boys wear until they were 5 years old? A) Dresses. B) Breeches. C) Tunics. D) Jackets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dresses. 22. The novel became the leading form of literature in the Victorian Period A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 23. Who were employed as "coal bearers" ? A) Middle aged children. B) Younger children. C) Older children. D) Aged 5 children. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Older children. 24. What disease was common in the overcrowded slums of Victorian England? A) Cholera. B) Influenza. C) Smallpox. D) Tuberculosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cholera. 25. Who was the ruler of Victorian England. A) Queen Victoria. B) King Henry VIII. C) King George II. D) Queen Elizabeth I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Queen Victoria. 26. Who is the author of the novel 'To the Lighthouse'? A) Jane Austen. B) Charlotte Bronte. C) Emily Bronte. D) Virginia Woolf. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Virginia Woolf. 27. Rudyard Kipling wrote ..... A) Treasure Island. B) Alice in Wonderland. C) War of the Worlds. D) Jungle Book. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jungle Book. 28. Children worked in factories and mines for up to 12 hours a day. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 29. T/F Middle class woretop hats/ ruffled dresses, had large houses, expensive furniture, and fancyknickknacks. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 30. The Corn Laws were aimed at protecting domestic production of corn. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. Queen Victoria's husband was a prince of which German territory? A) Prussia. B) Hesse. C) Waldeck. D) Saxe-Coburg. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saxe-Coburg. 32. Children could be hit across the knuckles with a ruler, or hit around the ears A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 33. Who else took part in raising rich/wealthy victorian children A) Nannies. B) Older siblings. C) Grandparents. D) Teachers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nannies. 34. What is the name of the queen from 1837-1901? A) Queen Elizabeth. B) Queen Victoria. C) Queen Victory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Queen Victoria. 35. Boys were sent to boarding school from the age of 10. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 36. When did children from the age of 5 to 13 have to attend school by law. A) After 1870. B) In 1905. C) After 1865. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After 1870. 37. Which essay revived the concept of a leader? A) Tailor Resartus. B) The Stones of Venice. C) Heroes and Hero Worship. D) Chartism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heroes and Hero Worship. 38. Britain was the greatest ..... country. A) Industrial. B) Shipbuilding. C) Crop harvesting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shipbuilding. 39. What event took place in 1870? A) Queen Victoria took a photo with her family. B) Dr Barnardo opened the first home of boys. C) Prince Albert married Queen Victoria. D) Queen Victoria passed away. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dr Barnardo opened the first home of boys. 40. Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee was celebrated in ..... A) 1862. B) 1847. C) 1857. D) 1887. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1887. 41. A crow in French is A) A bird. B) A crow. C) A sparrow. D) A cow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A crow. 42. What does Thrushcross Grange represent? A) Storm. B) Energy. C) Primitive passions. D) Calm an order. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calm an order. 43. What is the book in Victorians times that we learnt? A) I don't know. B) Nothing. C) Red riding hood. D) Oliver Twist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oliver Twist. 44. Joseph Lister developed techniques to make surgery ....., which led to more people surviving. A) Antiseptic. B) Hurt more. C) Faster. D) Cheaper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antiseptic. 45. The long poem "Bishop Blougram's Apology" by Robert Browning is a A) Satire on Judaism. B) Meditation on art and life. C) Satire on the Roman Catholic church. D) Meditation on death and life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Satire on the Roman Catholic church. 46. At the end of Victorian era literacy rates A) Increased. B) Decreased. C) Remained the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increased. 47. A disease, caused by a fungus, that destroys plants is called a ..... A) Fertilizer. B) Feast. C) Drought. D) Blight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blight. 48. How old was Victorian when she became queen? A) 18. B) 20. C) 25. D) 19. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 18. 49. The Victorian Era was named after A) King Victor. B) Prince Albert. C) Queen Victoria. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Queen Victoria. 50. What characterised the Victorian Era? A) Political stability. B) Strict morality. C) Great contradictions. D) All three answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All three answers. 51. In "To an Athlete Dying Young", the first stanza of the poem describes A) A celebratory party. B) A farewell party. C) An athletic event. D) A victory march. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A victory march. 52. Boys and girls both wore dresses until the age of ..... A) 1. B) 9. C) 6. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6. 53. Choose the word or phrase that best defines the italicized word. "All things counter, original, spare, strange ..... " A) Embracing. B) Uniting. C) Opposing. D) Ignoring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opposing. 54. What did Charles Darwin's theory of evolution propose? A) Progress through social reform. B) Revolutionary theory of evolution. C) Natural selection. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 55. What percent of the children of London had formal education or training? A) 15%. B) 20%. C) 50%. D) 35%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 20%. 56. What was the main reason for people moving from the countryside to the cities during the Victorian era? A) To escape overcrowding. B) To get jobs in factories. C) To work on farms. D) To enjoy a luxurious lifestyle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To get jobs in factories. 57. I did not like the sentence a Magistrate Court gave me. Which Court can I appeal to? A) High Court. B) County Court. C) District Court. D) Supreme Court. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) County Court. 58. The Victorian era was characterized by A) Economic recession. B) Revolution. C) Period of war. D) Peace and prosperity. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peace and prosperity. 59. Education at this time varied greatly between both social classes and genders. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 60. Which of the following best defines Utilitarianism? A) Moral arithmetic, which states that all humans aim to maximize the greatest pleasure to the greatest number. B) A philosophy dictating that we should only keep what we use on a daily basis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moral arithmetic, which states that all humans aim to maximize the greatest pleasure to the greatest number. ← 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 8Victorian Period Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books