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The Victorians

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of Queen Victoria's husband?

a)

Prince Albert

b)

Prince Alan

c)

Prince Edgar

d)

Prince Arthur

2.

What did poor Victorian children NOT do?

a)

work in factories

b)

work in tailor's shops

c)

work as chimney sweeps

d)

work in coal mines

3.

What was driven through the streets of London until the mid-1800's?

a)

Cars

b)

Buses

c)

Cattle

d)

Horses

4.

What Christmas tradition did John Calcott start?

a)

Putting up a Christmas tree in your home

b)

Pulling Christmas crackers

c)

Eating Christmas pudding

d)

Sending Christmas cards

5.

Members of upper-class Victorian society were kept busy doing what?

a)

Making their own clothes

b)

Going to parties and dances

c)

Cooking and cleaning

d)

Going to work

6.

What was NOT a popular toy for wealthy Victorian children?

a)

Tin soldier

b)

Doll's house

c)

Rag doll

d)

Rocking horse

7.

What did Sir Humphrey Davy invent?

a)

The steam engine

b)

The telephone

c)

The electric lightbulb

d)

The miner's safety lamp

8.

Very poor, lower class Victorians often worked as what?

a)

Rat catchers

b)

Butlers

c)

Tailors

d)

Chefs

9.

Children who were lucky enough to go to school were taught what subjects?

a)

Art, music, and embroidery

b)

Reading, writing and arithmetic

c)

French, reading, and writing

d)

Art, arithmetic, and reading

10.

Big Ben, the famous clock tower at the Houses of Parliament was built in which year?

a)

1903

b)

1810

c)

1945

d)

1859

11.

What part of the body did women have to keep completely covered?

a)

Face

b)

Arms

c)

Legs

d)

Hair

12.

After 1867, children under 8 years old were no longer to do what?

a)

work in factories

b)

go to school

c)

work over 10 hours a day

d)

play with their friends