Victorian Literature Quiz

During which years did the Victorian period of literature roughly coincide with Queen Victoria's rule?

• 1837-1901

• 1820-1870

• 1800-1850

• 1850-1900

Which new technology during the Victorian period helped unite Britons both physically and intellectually?

• Railroads

• Electricity

• Automobiles

• Telegraph

What is a dramatic monologue in Victorian poetry?

• A poem that uses invented words

• A poem recited by a speaker to an audience within the poem

• A poem that tells a story

• A poem that is part of a novel

Which poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson is considered perhaps the most famous of the Victorian era?

• Crossing the Bar

• The Lady of Shalott

• In Memoriam A. H. H.

• The Charge of the Light Brigade

What genre of fiction is characterized by suspenseful plots that inspired dangerous 'sensations' in readers?

• Realism

• Gothic fiction

• Sensation fiction

• Melodrama

Which novel by Wilkie Collins is a famous example of sensation fiction?

• The Moonstone

• Jane Eyre

• Lady Audley's Secret

• The Woman in White

What is the dominant narrative mode of the Victorian novel?

• Romanticism

• Realism

• Modernism

• Naturalism

Which type of realism emphasizes the rich inner life of characters?

• Satirical realism

• Psychological realism

• Industrial realism

• Social realism

Which author is known for using social realism to critique the social system?

• William Makepeace Thackeray

• Charles Dickens

• George Eliot

• Thomas Hardy

Which novel by Rudyard Kipling celebrates British rule in India?

• Kim

• Heart of Darkness

• The Jungle Book

• A Passage to India