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Victorian Review for Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the queen at the time?

a)

Queen Victoria

b)

Queen Elizabeth 1

c)

Queen Elizabeth 2

d)

Queen Gertrude

2.

What should be in your lap during a meal?

a)

Napkin

b)

Hat

c)

Gloves

d)

Your hands

3.

How many children did Oscar Wilde have?

a)

One

b)

Two

c)

Two legitimate, 2 illegitimate

d)

None

4.

What is the nickname of Wilde's lover?

a)

Bosie

b)

William

c)

Hubert

d)

Dorian

5.

Wilde's wife's name

a)

VIctoria

b)

Constance

c)

Patience

d)

Dorian

6.

What would the men do after dinner?

a)

Smoke cigars without the women

b)

Play football

c)

Discuss politics

d)

Play cards with the women

7.

What was Wilde's first court case about?

a)

Libel

b)

Buggery

c)

Theft

d)

Adultery

8.

What was the verdict of Wilde's last trial?

a)

guilty of gross indecency

b)

guilty of slander

c)

guilty of having a sharp wit

d)

guilty of adultery

9.

What was Wilde's sentence (punishment)?

a)

Two years hard labor

b)

Time off for good behavior

c)

Ten years

d)

Probation

10.

Subject not talked about in polite dinner parties

a)

Family

b)

Fashion

c)

Politics

d)

Weather

11.

How many times a day did people change their clothes in the Victorian Era?

a)

Never

b)

Once

c)

Five or six

d)

Twice

12.

What did Queen Victoria advocate for?

a)

Women's rights to be independent

b)

Marrying cousins

c)

A belief in evolution

d)

Second marriages

13.

Which of the following was NOT one of Wilde's works?

a)

The Picture of Dorian Grey

b)

King Lear

c)

The Importance of Being Earnest

d)

Lady Windermere's Fan

14.

Which class of people increased in number?

a)

Nobility

b)

Poverty

c)

Middle class

d)

Clergy

15.

Who was life in the Victorian era difficult for?

a)

Mothers

b)

The elderly

c)

Children

d)

Nobility

16.

What city was Wilde born in?

a)

London

b)

Dublin

c)

Paris

d)

New York

17.

Which of the following is a Victorian undergarment

a)

Buttress

b)

Corset

c)

Coronet

d)

Cormorant

18.

What school did Wilde attend?

a)

Oxford

b)

Yale

c)

Harvard

d)

Notre Dame

19.

Which of the following is true of letter-writing in the Victorian era?

a)

no paragraphs

b)

written in cursive

c)

No date

d)

on lined paper

20.

How would a Victorian women eat fruit?

a)

by eating it

b)

after cutting it

c)

in a quiche

d)

after breaking in half

21.

What did Victorian ladies do to pass the time?

a)

sew

b)

volunteer to help the poor

c)

Work for their husbands

d)

Go to church

22.

What are you supposed to do when you get an invitation?

a)

reply to tell them if you are attending

b)

Show up on the day of

c)

Secure a lady/man to bring

d)

Leave a calling card in their box

23.

What tool helped women flirt?

a)

tea cups

b)

lorgnette

c)

fan

d)

boots

24.

The Victorian Era was during the same time as

a)

The Renaissance

b)

The Industrial Revolution

c)

The Elizabethan Era

d)

The Roaring 20s

25.

What did people use in the Victorian Era?

a)

Flowbees

b)

Chamber pots

c)

Tea Bags

d)

Plastic