Victorian Period Quiz 11 (20 MCQs)

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1. When did Queen Victoria marry?

Correct Answer: B) 1840.

2. Why did Tennyson dedicate the poem to Hallam?

Correct Answer: B) Hallam was a close friend who represented the hope of life after death.

3. Queen Victoria was only ..... years old when she began her reign in 1837.

Correct Answer: A) 18.

4. Who did Queen Victoria marry?

Correct Answer: B) Prince Albert.

5. The privileged few of the upper or middle classes, went to 'public' schools

Correct Answer: A) True.

6. The Great Exhibition of 1851

Correct Answer: B) Was housed at Crystal Palace.

7. The Elementary Education Act of was adopted in

Correct Answer: B) 1870.

8. Compulsory means

Correct Answer: A) Obligatory.

9. Which novel of Dickens was based on the theme the travails of a good man?

Correct Answer: C) The Pickwick Papers.

10. Who commissioned the Great Exhibition of 1851?

Correct Answer: B) Prince Albert.

11. If you were living in 1850, which of these foods might you eat?

Correct Answer: A) Bread.

12. After 1867, children under 8 years old were no longer to do what?

Correct Answer: A) Work in factories.

13. Which essay was was part autobiography, part philosophical meditation?

Correct Answer: D) Tailor Resartus.

14. What happened to poor people?

Correct Answer: D) They were put in prison.

15. How many years does queen Victoria rule United Kingdom?

Correct Answer: A) 63 years.

16. Britain has known as the world's greatest .....

Correct Answer: B) Shipbuilding country.

17. Introduction of New Poor Law

Correct Answer: A) 1834.

18. Prince Albert was Queen Victoria's

Correct Answer: C) Cousin.

19. Victoria married

Correct Answer: A) Albert.

20. What were the consequences of the potato famine in Ireland?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.