Jane Eyre - The context

The Victorian era is an age which took place...

• in the 18th century

• in the 19th century

• in the 20th century

During that time, the work of women writers...

• was not published

• was not taken seriously

• was widely acclaimed

The pseudo used by Charlotte Brontë was...

• Currer Bell

• Ellis Bell

• Acton Bell

Jane Eyre was highly popular when it was published.

• yes

• no

The Victorian era was characterised by...(tick all the correct answers)

• the advancement of new technologies

• the Industrial revolution

• the expansion of the British Empire

• the invention of the microwave

British society was divided into...

• 2 social classes

• 3 social classes

• 4 social classes

What were the upper classes afraid of? (tick the correct answers)

• losing their social status

• losing their baseball game

• the new social class emerging from the Industrial Revolution

• being excluded

You were free to choose your husband or wife.

• yes

• no

Governesses were part of the family.

• yes

• no

• yes and no

Evangelising other populations was well seen.

• yes

• no