This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Periods > Victorian > Victorian Literature – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Victorian Literature Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In Emily Bronte's Often Rebuked, Yet Always Back Returning, what does the speaker think as the best source of life? A) Morality. B) Social norms. C) One's inner self. D) God. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One's inner self. 2. Why does Mary Hodgson beat Mrs. Jenkins's cat? A) He drank her milk. B) He ate her mutton. C) He scratched her baby. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He ate her mutton. 3. This subgenre made fun of society and crimes. A) Silver Fork. B) Gothic. C) Satire. D) Newgate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Satire. 4. Which of the following is NOT written by Charles Dickens? A) Christmas Carol. B) The Ode of the Nightingales. C) Oliver Twist. D) David Copperfield. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Ode of the Nightingales. 5. Increasing prosperity, modernity, and ambition, great exhibition, and reforms are characteristics of ..... A) Mid-Victorian period 1848-1870. B) Cultural Issues. C) Late Victorian period 1870-1901. D) Cultural issues. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mid-Victorian period 1848-1870. 6. In "The Charge of Light Brigade", why did the soldiers ride to their death? A) There was honor in dying. B) Their commander told them to. C) They had another brigade chasing them. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their commander told them to. 7. What was the population in Great Britain in 1801? A) 13 million. B) 14 million. C) 15 million. D) 16 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 16 million. 8. What was a popular form of entertainment for the emerging middle-class readership in the Victorian era? A) Essays. B) Serialized Novels. C) Poetry. D) Short Stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Serialized Novels. 9. When was Queen Victoria born? A) 24/5/1819. B) 25/4/1918. C) 5/2/2018. D) 9/9/1915. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 24/5/1819. 10. 'The Blessed Damozel' was published in the periodical ..... A) The Blackwoods Magazine. B) The Indicator. C) Household Words. D) The Germ. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Germ. 11. Females used ..... if they wrote anything other than a romance or poetry. A) Maiden names. B) Married titles. C) Pseudonyms. D) Abbreviated first names. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pseudonyms. 12. Which term means someone who doesn't care about poor people? A) Benevolent. B) Incredulous. C) Malthusian. D) Benthamist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Malthusian. 13. Who was the person who wrote his first novel at the age of 25 and was known for writing about darker themes and lives of the poor? A) Victor Hugo. B) Charles Dickens. C) Edgar Allan Poe. D) Alexandre Dumas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charles Dickens. 14. The Victorian Era is credited for inventing ..... A) Childhood. B) Retirement homes. C) Birthing rooms. D) Minimum wage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Childhood. 15. Plays were a strong comedic element, both high and low Victorian, and the plots were full of mistaken identities, coincidences, and mistimings. Oscar Wilde was distinguished for it especially on his masterpiece entitled, "The Importance of Being Ernest." A) The assertion is untrue. B) The declaration is true. C) It is a null and void statement. D) Doubtful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The declaration is true. 16. In the 1880s and 1890s, the Victorian novel became more ..... A) Scientific. B) Abstract. C) Realistic. D) Poetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Realistic. 17. What was a significant social issue in the Victorian era, often explored in literature of the time? A) Gender Equality. B) Environmental Conservation. C) Sanitation. D) Racial Discrimination. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sanitation. 18. Why does Olga end up caring for Sasha? A) He is ill. B) She marries his father. C) He is deserted by his parents. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is deserted by his parents. 19. Where did miners get coal? A) In coalmines. B) At Tesco Lotus. C) At 7/11. D) In factories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In coalmines. 20. What social class did most poor people belong to? A) Working class. B) Lazy class. C) Bottom class. D) No class. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Working class. Next →Related QuizzesPeriods QuizzesVictorian Literature Quiz 2Victorian Literature Quiz 3Victorian Literature Quiz 4Victorian Literature Quiz 5Victorian Age QuizVictorian Period Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books