WorksheetsLiterature in the Victorian Era: A Historical Overview
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
The Victorian Era is considered to be
the greatest age of exploration.
the golden age of the English novel.
the golden age of English poetry.
the golden age of scientific discovery.
Queen Victoria reigned for
four decades
five decades
six decades
seven decades
Queen Victoria came to the throne
during a time of political turmoil.
during a mutiny in India.
during the American Revolution.
during the world's first industrial revolution.
Novelists made their novels more affordable by
serializing their novels in a series of installments.
creating libraries where people could check-out a book.
using inferior printing techniques.
only writing one novel a year.
Booklets that provided highly sensational stories were called
soap operas
novellas
penny dreadfuls
cheap sheets
Victoria married
Albert
George
William
Henry
The literature of the Victorian era was profoundly influenced by
the development of the steam engine.
the development of the printing press.
the development of the women's movement.
the development of science.
Victorian poets developed their own style with a focus on
love, death, and the afterlife.
realism, skepticism, and a sense of responsibility.
ancient Greece and Rome.
religion.
Which author brought Victorian London to life?
Browning
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Elliot
Dickens
By the end of Victoria's reign, the British empire extended
from coast to coast.
around the world.
over one-fifth of the earth's surface.
from the north to the south poles.
