This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Periods > Victorian > Victorian Literature – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Victorian Literature Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why does Olga's first marriage end? A) He dies. B) He divorces her. C) She cheated on him. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He dies. 2. In "The Lady of Shallot, " what did the mirror represent? A) Her window to the outside world. B) Her being forced to look at her deformities. C) Her being able to see her beauty. D) It was just a mirror. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her window to the outside world. 3. When between which dates did she reign? A) 20th June 1837-22nd January 1901. B) 20th August 1837-22nd February 1901. C) 31st March 1837-3rd March 1901. D) 30th May 2010-Now. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 20th June 1837-22nd January 1901. 4. The war alluded to in the concluding part of Arnold's 'Dover Beach' is ..... A) The Napoleonic Wars. B) The Peloponnesean War. C) The War of the Roses. D) The English Civil War. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Peloponnesean War. 5. In literature, the Victorian Era is also known as the ..... Period. A) Metaphysical. B) Contemporary. C) Realist. D) Romantic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Romantic. 6. Vanity Fair is still his most interesting and readable work and has retained its place among the great historical novels in the English language. A) Thomas Hardy. B) William Makepeace Thackeray. C) Charles Dickens. D) Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William Makepeace Thackeray. 7. Which of the following poets does not belong to the Victorian era? A) Edmund Spencer. B) Elizabeth Browning. C) Lord Alfred Tennyson. D) Emily Bronte. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edmund Spencer. 8. Thomas Hardy wrote ..... A) Tess of the Urbavilles. B) John the Obscure. C) Tess the Obscure. D) Tess of the D'urbavilles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tess of the D'urbavilles. 9. Books and commodities, shopping centers, advertising are characteristics of ..... A) Political problems. B) Early Victorian Period. C) Cultural problems. D) A new market. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A new market. 10. Queen Victoria was just ..... when she took the throne A) 25. B) 30. C) 18. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 18. 11. When was Emily Bronte born? A) 1817. B) 1818. C) 1819. D) 1820. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1818. 12. What size houses did rich people have? A) Small. B) Large. C) Medium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Large. 13. Where were poor people sent if they couldn't afford to pay rent or live in a house? A) Dour house. B) Down and Out workshop. C) Losers Prison. D) The Workhouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Workhouse. 14. Who was Dickens' rival? A) William Thackeray. B) Victor Hugo. C) Alexandre Dumas. D) Edgar Allan Poe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Thackeray. 15. Where was Emily Bronte born? A) Dover. B) London. C) Bath. D) Thorton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thorton. 16. What best describes the philosophy behind utilitarianism? A) Finding what's best for the individual. B) Doing what will make the most people happy. C) Doin what will make you and your loved ones happy. D) Putting the enviroment first. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doing what will make the most people happy. 17. Where did children in the Victorian Times spend their days? A) Watching Netflix. B) In bed. C) In factories. D) At school. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In factories. 18. Who wrote the novel 'Dracula' which brought the vampire myth into mainstream Victorian literature? A) Charles Dickens. B) Bram Stoker. C) Mary Shelley. D) Edgar Allan Poe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bram Stoker. 19. Which sister became her life-long confidant and friend? A) Charlotte. B) Annie. C) Elizabeth. D) Jane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Annie. 20. This subgenre focused on underworld objects and feelings of guilt. A) Silver Fork. B) Crime and Detection. C) Gothic. D) Newgate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Newgate. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPeriods QuizzesVictorian Literature Quiz 1Victorian Literature Quiz 3Victorian Literature Quiz 4Victorian Literature Quiz 5Victorian Age QuizVictorian Period Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books