The Victorian Age

Where did the Great Exhibition of 1851 take place?

• Hyde Park

• Central Park

• Regent's Park

• Greenwich Park

When did Queen Victoria become Empress of India?

• 1899

• 1877

• 1867

• 1851

'Respectability' was a mixture of...

• morality and hypocrisy

• wealth and power

• education and culture

• religion and tradition

Late Victorian literature is characterised by an optimistic view of man and progress.

• T

• F

The main purpose of the workhouses was to inspire the poor to improve their own conditions.

• T

• F

An institution that offered room and board to individuals in poverty in exchange for labour was known as...

• dormitory

• hostel

• workhouse

• cottage Industry

Early Victorian novelists overtly criticised Victorian moral values and society.

• T

• F

What was the predominant literary genre of the Victorian era?

• Drama

• Novel

• Poetry

• Essay

What is the main theme of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson?

• The double nature of man

• The search for immortality

• The struggle between good and evil

• The pursuit of happiness

Who is considered the master of the Victorian novel?

• Charles Dickens

• Alfred Tennyson

• Robert Louis Stevenson

• Robert Browning