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5L Christmas Quiz Victorian Age

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Houses of Parliament (aka Palace of Westminster)

was rebuilt during the Victorian Age in ...

a)

Gothic style

b)

Romanesque style

c)

Neoclassical style

2.

Queen Victoria's reign was ___________ Elizabeth II's

a)

shorter than

b)

longer than

c)

as long as

3.

A movement demanding universal male suffrage,

secret ballot

and electoral reforms

a)

Chartism

b)

Magna Charta

c)

McCarthysm

4.

The first conflict reported in newspapers in nearly "real time",

thanks to the use of the telegraph

a)

Crimean War

b)

Opium Wars

c)

The Indian Mutiny

5.

With the Crimean War, Britain wanted to limit the power of...

a)

Russia

b)

the USA

c)

Piedmont

6.

British Prime Minister, who said that Victorian England

was inhabited by "two nations": "the rich and the poor"

a)

Disraeli

b)

Gladstone

c)

Churchill

7.

Many Irish people emigrated to America because of...

a)

the potato famine

b)

the water drought

c)

the enclosure of lands

8.

Together with The Brontes, one of the most famous Victorian female writers

a)

George Eliot

b)

George B. Shaw

c)

Lewis Carroll

9.

The poem "The White Man's Burden" celebrates the American domination on ________________ after the Spanish American Wars

a)

the Philippines

b)

Japan

c)

India

10.

Which is correct?

a)

Dickens gradually developed a more radical social view, but never became a revolutionary thinker

b)

Dickens gradually developed a more radical social view, until he became a revolutionary thinker

c)

Dickens' social view has always been revolutionary

11.

Which character was NOT created by Dickens?

a)

Heathcliff

b)

Ebenezer Scrooge

c)

Mr Gradgrind

d)

Fagin

12.

Film director who in 1936 explored IN CINEMA the theme of work and alienation

a)

Charlie Chaplin

b)

August Comte

c)

Charles Darwin

13.

He based his theories on the working class upon research carried out in England

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Jeremy Bentham

c)

Rudyard Kipling

14.

The aims of Dickens

a)

entertain and teach

b)

criticize and dissent

c)

pursue beauty

15.

Oliver Twist is sold as an apprentice to...

a)

an undertaker

b)

a blacksmith

c)

a baker

16.

The Great Exhibition of 1851 was held in which iconic structure?

a)

The Crystal Palace

b)

The Tower of London

c)

The British Museum

17.

Where was Oscar Wilde born?

a)

London, England

b)

Dublin, Ireland

c)

Paris, France

d)

New York, USA

18.

Which university did Oscar Wilde attend?

a)

University of Oxford

b)

Harvard University

c)

University of Cambridge

19.

What movement greatly influenced Wilde during his studies at Oxford?

a)

Romanticism

b)

Realism

c)

Aestheticism

d)

Modernism

20.

What is the title of Wilde's only novel?

a)

"The Importance of Being Earnest"

b)

"The Picture of Dorian Gray"

c)

"Lady Windermere's Fan"

d)

"An Ideal Husband"

21.

In which year was "The Picture of Dorian Gray" first published?

a)

1888

b)

1890

c)

1892

d)

1894

22.

Oscar Wilde was famous for his witty and satirical plays. Which of these is NOT written by Wilde?

a)

"A Woman of No Importance"

b)

"An Ideal Husband"

c)

"The Importance of Being Earnest"

d)

"Pygmalion"

23.

Who was Lord Alfred Douglas in relation to Oscar Wilde?

a)

His literary rival

b)

His friend and lover

c)

His lawyer

d)

His publisher

24.

What crime was Oscar Wilde convicted of?

a)

Gross indecency

b)

Libel

c)

Theft

d)

Treason

25.

How long was Wilde imprisoned?

a)

6 months

b)

1 year

c)

2 years

d)

5 years

26.

In which city did Oscar Wilde die?

a)

London

b)

Dublin

c)

Paris

d)

Berlin

27.

What was Wilde's famous last play before his imprisonment?

a)

"Salome"

b)

"An Ideal Husband"

c)

"The Importance of Being Earnest"

d)

"Lady Windermere's Fan"