This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Periods > Victorian > Victorian Period – Quiz 56 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Victorian Period Quiz 56 (18 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why did children make good factory and mine workers? (select 3) A) They were small enough to fit between the new machinery. B) They were cheap to employ. C) Families were grateful for the extra income. D) They were less likely to rebel against the factory hierarchy. E) All of these options. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of these options. 2. Queen Victoria reigned from? A) 1952 to the present. B) 1819-1901. C) 1533-1603. D) 1603-1625. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1819-1901. 3. At the beginning of the story, where did Oliver live in? A) An orphanage/ a workhouse. B) Mr Bumble's house. C) Mr Sowerberry's house. D) Mr Fagin's house. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An orphanage/ a workhouse. 4. What did the girls learn at home? A) To cook for their parents. B) To ride a horse. C) To sing, to play piano and to sew. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To sing, to play piano and to sew. 5. What is one thing the Victorians ate for BREAKFAST? A) Eggs. B) Bread. C) Ramen. D) Soup. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eggs. 6. Which statement is NOT true for Great Expectations? A) In that novel, Dickens explores the clash of social classes in Victorian England. B) Its major themes are affection, discipline and maturity which prove to be more important than social improvement. C) It is regarded as semi-autobiographical since Dickens resorted to his own experience to carefully depict the characters. D) The theme of social class is central to the plot and to the ultimate moral theme of the book. E) It was first published as a serial in Dickens's weekly periodical All the Year Round and upon its release, the novel received near universal acclaim. F) Like David Copperfield, the novel traces the psychological and moral development of a young boy, his transition from a rural environment to the London metropolis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its major themes are affection, discipline and maturity which prove to be more important than social improvement. 7. What is one reason that Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol? A) To provide political and social commentary around the struggles of poor people in England. B) To create the best work of Christmas fiction. C) To impress his wife and children with his story-telling ability. D) To make enough money to get himself out of the workhouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To provide political and social commentary around the struggles of poor people in England. 8. Which is not a dramatic monologue poem A) My Last Duchess. B) Porphyria's Lover. C) Fra Lippo Lippi. D) Sordello. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sordello. 9. Which of these authors was NOT writing in the Victorian Period? A) Charles Dickens. B) Emily Bronte. C) Bram Stoker. D) J.K Rowling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) J.K Rowling. 10. The number of people living in Britain ..... A) Halved. B) Quartered. C) More than doubledfrom 16 million to 37 million. D) Shrank from 60 million to 20 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More than doubledfrom 16 million to 37 million. 11. What is an important effect of having a long reign of the queen? A) Gender equality. B) Political stability. C) Innovative industry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Political stability. 12. Which animal did rich Victorians often have as pets? A) Mice. B) Cats. C) Hamsters. D) Parrots. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parrots. 13. WHAT DID POOR CHILDREN DO IN THE STREETS? A) They begged and stole. B) They played and had fun. C) They went shopping. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They begged and stole. 14. Children worked as scavengers. Which best describes a scavenger? A) Children would crawl in the machines in factories to pick the cotton. B) Birds that would eat anything. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Children would crawl in the machines in factories to pick the cotton. 15. During this time, economist John Stuart Mill called for an end to the formerly popular ....., or hands-off, style of economic policy, and called for gradual, steady social reform. A) Let it happen. B) Director. C) Mercantilist. D) Protectionist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Let it happen. 16. What WAS NOT a duty of a Victorian woman? A) Nurturing kids. B) Gardening. C) Raising babies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gardening. 17. WHY DID POOR CHILDREN HAVE TO WORK? A) To help their families. B) To become rich. C) To learn a new job. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To help their families. 18. Did young Queen Victorian go to school? A) Yes. 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