This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Periods > Victorian > Victorian Period – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Victorian Period Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An instalment was published A) Every week. B) In specialized magazines. C) In magazines read also by the lower class. D) Every month and it always had a happy ending. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In magazines read also by the lower class. 2. Most workhouses in England and Wales were established during ..... A) The 15th century. B) The 17th century. C) The 19th century. D) The 20th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The 17th century. 3. Who was the revolutionary engineer who built bridges and tunnels during the Industrial Revolution? A) Thomas Edison. B) Karl Benz. C) Henry Bessemer. D) Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Isambard Kingdom Brunel. 4. What was the purpose of the new 'Poor Law' introduced in 1834? A) To provide financial help to the poor. B) To improve the living conditions in slums. C) To encourage people to work in factories. D) To force the unemployed into workhouses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To force the unemployed into workhouses. 5. The master was a fat, healthy man; but he turned very pale. He gazed in stupified astonishment on the small rebel for some seconds, and then clung for support to the copper. The assistants were paralysed with wonder; the boys with fear. 'What!' said the master at length, in a faint voice. 'Please, sir, ' replied ....., 'I want some more.' A) Oliver Twist. B) David Copperfield. C) Abel magwitch. D) Samuel Pickwick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oliver Twist. 6. Do you want a extra mark? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 7. Where was the Great Exhibition 0f 1851 housed? A) Osborne House. B) Buckingham Palace. C) Crystal Palace. D) Windsor Palace. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crystal Palace. 8. MANY CHILDREN WORKED AS CHIMNEY SWEEPS AND IN COAL MINES BECAUSE ..... A) They knew the job. B) It was a good job. C) They were small. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were small. 9. What happened to Hardy's faith in God? A) He lost it. B) It increased and be became a priest. C) It never faltered and helped him through life. D) He converted to Judaism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He lost it. 10. Novelists made their novels more affordable by ..... A) Serialising their novels in a series of installments. B) Creating libraries where people could check out books. C) Using inferior printing techniques. D) Only writing one novel a year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Serialising their novels in a series of installments. 11. During a literature class, the teacher asked Jackson, Aria, and Hannah, 'Who among these authors wrote the novel 'Middlemarch' during the Victorian era?' A) George Eliot. B) Emily Bronte. C) Charles Dickens. D) Jane Austen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) George Eliot. 12. Poor children had to do what in the Victorian Era? A) Relax and play. B) Private school. C) Child labour. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Child labour. 13. London's population grew ..... in Victorian times. A) Slowly. B) Greatly. C) Plants. D) Smelly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greatly. 14. Layla is charged with having a Blood Alcohol reading of 0.088 whilst driving. Which court will this matter be heard in? A) Drug and Alcohol Court. B) Traffic Court. C) Magistrates Court. D) Supreme Court. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Magistrates Court. 15. What was the traditional food for Christmas dinner in northern England? A) Goose. B) Roast beef. C) Chicken. D) Turkey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roast beef. 16. Albert and Victoria married in A) February 1840. B) March 1846. C) July 1939. D) November 1852. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) February 1840. 17. Choose the word or phrase that best defines the italicized word. "This is my son, mine own Telemachus, /To whom I leave the scepter and the isle ..... " A) Title. B) Wisdom. C) Royal baton. D) Robe and crown. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Royal baton. 18. What were some of the jobs children were forced to do during the Victorian era? A) Librarians. B) Factories, mines, chimney sweeps, agriculture, domestic servants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Factories, mines, chimney sweeps, agriculture, domestic servants. 19. Which country is Spain? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 20. Sahib is accused of culpable driving. What court will his case be heard in? A) County Court. B) Country Court. C) Supreme Court. D) Infringement Court. 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