Victorian Period Quiz 21 (20 MCQs)

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1. When did children from the age of 5 to 13 have to attend school by law.

Correct Answer: A) After 1870.

2. Which essay revived the concept of a leader?

Correct Answer: C) Heroes and Hero Worship.

3. Britain was the greatest ..... country.

Correct Answer: B) Shipbuilding.

4. What event took place in 1870?

Correct Answer: A) Dr Barnardo opened the first home of boys.

5. Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee was celebrated in .....

Correct Answer: C) 1887.

6. A crow in French is

Correct Answer: D) A crow.

7. What does Thrushcross Grange represent?

Correct Answer: C) Calm an order.

8. What is the book in Victorians times that we learnt?

Correct Answer: C) Oliver Twist.

9. Joseph Lister developed techniques to make surgery ....., which led to more people surviving.

Correct Answer: D) Antiseptic.

10. The long poem "Bishop Blougram's Apology" by Robert Browning is a

Correct Answer: C) Satire on the Roman Catholic church.

11. At the end of Victorian era literacy rates

Correct Answer: A) Increased.

12. A disease, caused by a fungus, that destroys plants is called a .....

Correct Answer: B) Blight.

13. How old was Victorian when she became queen?

Correct Answer: A) 18.

14. The Victorian Era was named after

Correct Answer: C) Queen Victoria.

15. What characterised the Victorian Era?

Correct Answer: D) All three answers.

16. In "To an Athlete Dying Young", the first stanza of the poem describes

Correct Answer: B) A victory march.

17. Boys and girls both wore dresses until the age of .....

Correct Answer: B) 6.

18. Choose the word or phrase that best defines the italicized word. "All things counter, original, spare, strange ..... "

Correct Answer: C) Opposing.

19. What did Charles Darwin's theory of evolution propose?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

20. What percent of the children of London had formal education or training?

Correct Answer: B) 20%.