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Worksheets5L Christmas Quiz Victorian Age
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
The Houses of Parliament (aka Palace of Westminster)
was rebuilt during the Victorian Age in ...
Gothic style
Romanesque style
Neoclassical style
Queen Victoria's reign was ___________ Elizabeth II's
shorter than
longer than
as long as
A movement demanding universal male suffrage,
secret ballot
and electoral reforms
Chartism
Magna Charta
McCarthysm
The first conflict reported in newspapers in nearly "real time",
thanks to the use of the telegraph
Crimean War
Opium Wars
The Indian Mutiny
With the Crimean War, Britain wanted to limit the power of...
Russia
the USA
Piedmont
British Prime Minister, who said that Victorian England
was inhabited by "two nations": "the rich and the poor"
Disraeli
Gladstone
Churchill
Many Irish people emigrated to America because of...
the potato famine
the water drought
the enclosure of lands
Together with The Brontes, one of the most famous Victorian female writers
George Eliot
George B. Shaw
Lewis Carroll
The poem "The White Man's Burden" celebrates the American domination on ________________ after the Spanish American Wars
the Philippines
Japan
India
Which is correct?
Dickens gradually developed a more radical social view, but never became a revolutionary thinker
Dickens gradually developed a more radical social view, until he became a revolutionary thinker
Dickens' social view has always been revolutionary
Which character was NOT created by Dickens?
Heathcliff
Ebenezer Scrooge
Mr Gradgrind
Fagin
Film director who in 1936 explored IN CINEMA the theme of work and alienation
Charlie Chaplin
August Comte
Charles Darwin
He based his theories on the working class upon research carried out in England
Karl Marx
Jeremy Bentham
Rudyard Kipling
The aims of Dickens
entertain and teach
criticize and dissent
pursue beauty
Oliver Twist is sold as an apprentice to...
an undertaker
a blacksmith
a baker
The Great Exhibition of 1851 was held in which iconic structure?
The Crystal Palace
The Tower of London
The British Museum
Where was Oscar Wilde born?
London, England
Dublin, Ireland
Paris, France
New York, USA
Which university did Oscar Wilde attend?
University of Oxford
Harvard University
University of Cambridge
What movement greatly influenced Wilde during his studies at Oxford?
Romanticism
Realism
Aestheticism
Modernism
What is the title of Wilde's only novel?
"The Importance of Being Earnest"
"The Picture of Dorian Gray"
"Lady Windermere's Fan"
"An Ideal Husband"
In which year was "The Picture of Dorian Gray" first published?
1888
1890
1892
1894
Oscar Wilde was famous for his witty and satirical plays. Which of these is NOT written by Wilde?
"A Woman of No Importance"
"An Ideal Husband"
"The Importance of Being Earnest"
"Pygmalion"
Who was Lord Alfred Douglas in relation to Oscar Wilde?
His literary rival
His friend and lover
His lawyer
His publisher
What crime was Oscar Wilde convicted of?
Gross indecency
Libel
Theft
Treason
How long was Wilde imprisoned?
6 months
1 year
2 years
5 years
In which city did Oscar Wilde die?
London
Dublin
Paris
Berlin
What was Wilde's famous last play before his imprisonment?
"Salome"
"An Ideal Husband"
"The Importance of Being Earnest"
"Lady Windermere's Fan"
