This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Periods > Victorian > Victorian Period – Quiz 35 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Victorian Period Quiz 35 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The first Christmas carols were written during Victorian times A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. Read these lines from Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess." "A heart-how shall I say?-too soon made glad, /Too easily impressed; she liked whate'er/She looked on, and her looks went everywhere." How is the poem's speaker describing its subject? A) As loving and fearful. B) As flirtatious and naive. C) As beloved and flawless. D) As beautiful and cunning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As flirtatious and naive. 3. What were some of the jobs that poor people had during the Victorian era? A) Factory owners and merchants. B) Bankers and shopkeepers. C) Rat catchers and street sweepers. D) Doctors and lawyers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rat catchers and street sweepers. 4. According to the article, which of the following was NOT one way Britain improved during the Victorian period? A) British culture was enhanced by live band music, photography, and architecture. B) Industrialization created ENORMOUS wealth (for some). C) Britain experienced a golden age of scientific discovery and new technology. D) Population growth and people moving from farms to cities improved everyone's lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Population growth and people moving from farms to cities improved everyone's lives. 5. When was the telephone invented? A) 1876. B) 1845. C) 1906. D) 1910. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1876. 6. Why the time period called the "Victorian" Era? A) It is named after Queen Victoria who ruled during that time period. B) It is because England became victorious across the world during this time. C) It is named after the ancient Scottish Queen Victoria who influenced Victorian fashion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is named after Queen Victoria who ruled during that time period. 7. It was during the victorian era, where computers, TV and cars where invented. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. How were the Victorian teachers? A) Strict and scary. B) Friendly. C) Insensitive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strict and scary. 9. Who was born in 1812 and died in 1870 A) Charles Dickens. B) Queen Victorian. C) Boris Johnson. D) George Stevenson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charles Dickens. 10. Which poem exemplified the idealized Victorian woman angelically pure and devoted to her family and home? A) In Memoriam. B) Pied Beauty. C) The Angel in the House. D) The Windhover. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Angel in the House. 11. What's the Estonian for destitute? A) Desperate. B) Distant, distant. C) Poor, needy. D) Anxious anticipation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poor, needy. 12. Which sentence contains a collective noun? A) I saved my allowance to buy a video game. B) One-eighth of my allowance goes into savings. C) I earn my allowance by watching my baby sister. D) I love spending my allowance on games. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One-eighth of my allowance goes into savings. 13. What was the war between France, Britain, and Russia called A) The Prussian War. B) The Crimean War. C) The Victorian War. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Crimean War. 14. What was the main organizing principle of Victorian society? A) Race and religion. B) Gender and class. C) Occupation and education. D) Income and family structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gender and class. 15. Readers wanted to meet characters like themselves and the people they knew; they wanted to learn more about their rapidly ..... A) Medical advancements. B) Social movement. C) Industrial life. D) Changing world. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Changing world. 16. Charles Dickens's novel, (a) is considered autobiographical. A) A David Copperfield. B) Oliver Twist. C) A Christmas Carol. D) Hard Times. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A David Copperfield. 17. What is the another name of Andrea del Sarto? A) The Faultless Painter. B) The Careless Painter. C) The Fastest Painter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Faultless Painter. 18. When did Victorian become a queen? A) 1836. B) 1837. C) 1838. D) 1839. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1837. 19. What was the average life expectancy of a child born into the working classes in London during the Victorian period? A) 10 years. B) 20 years. C) 30 years. D) 40 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10 years. 20. T/F During the Industrial Revolution, the middle class grew but children were dying in factories. A) True. B) False. 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