About Victorianism

 

1-.When did the Victorianism started? a) 1837, when Queen Victoria came to power b) 1859, when Charles Darwin published “The Origin of Species” c) 1891, when education became free for every children d) 1901, when Queen Victoria died

 

2-.What Revolution did cause profound economic and social changes in the Victorian period? a) the Industrial Revolution b) French Revolution c) technological Revolution d) all the Revolutions

 

3-.Which is the best definition of the Victorian Era? a) a period between 1837 and 1901 of significant social, economic, and technological progress in the United Kingdom. b) is the period 1901 to 1910 associated to the reign of King Edward VII c) is understood within Western culture to be the period between the end of the First World War and the beginning of the Second World War in Europe d) a period between 1800 and 1919 of significant social, political, and technological progress in EUA.

 

4-. Victorian literature was predominantly a literature of ideas brought into direct relation with… a) daily concerns of the reading public b) the power of nature c) rationalistic thoughts d) gothic issues

 

5-. The woman question refers to… a) Many of the historical changes that characterized the Victorian period motivated discussion and argument about the nature and role of woman. b) The growing demand for expanded liberties for women. c) Emphasis on the realistic portrayal of social life. d) The migration of workers to industrial towns.

 

 

About Victorian poets

 

6-. Who, following the example of John Henry Newman, converted he from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism? a) Gerard Manley Hopkins b) Robert Browning c) Algernon Charles Swinburne d) Alfred Tennyson

 

7-. What was the relation between Robert Browning and Elisabeth Browning? a) they were married b) they were brothers c) they were cousins d) they weren’t relatives

 

8-. What of the following authors was not one the novelists and poets of the Victorian literature? a) Charles Dickens. b) Lord Alfred Tennyson. c) Oscar Wilde. d) Thomas Morton.

 

9-. What type of drugs was Swinburne specially addicted? a) Opium. b) Cocaine. c) Heroine. d) Alcohol.

 

10-. How was the relation of Dante Rossetti with the models he used to his painting? a) They were poor but beautiful women with whom he usually fell in love. b) They were high class women with who he only had a working relation. c) They were poor women who received an insignificant salary for their jobs. d) They were painting while working in London.

 

11-. Where and when was born Alfred Tennyson? a) He was born in London in 1892. b) He was born in Somersby in 1809. c) He was born in Leicester in 1843. d) He was born in York in 1857.

 

12-. Which of these authors was a Jesuit Priest? a)Lord Tennyson b)R. Browning c) Swinburne d).Hopkins .

 

13-. Which poet was in a mental institution? a)Lord Tennyson b)Swiburne c)Hopkins d)R.Browing.

 

14-. In 1923, an Irish poet and dramatist was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, he was: a)John Keats. b)William Butler Yeats. c)Gerard Hopkins. d)Lord Tennyson.

 

15.The sonnet was a popular form in Victorian poetry, specially in the works of: a)Christina and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. b)Christina Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Elizabeth Barrette Browning. c)William Wordsworth and William Blake. d)Christina Rossetti, Robert Browning and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

 

 

About poems

 

16-. Who did write The Hunting of the Snark? a) Lewis Carroll b) Wilde c) Coleridge d) sisters Bronte

 

17-. The importance of being Earnest is a play of? a) Wilde b) Alfred Tenyson c) Lewis Carroll d) George Gissing

 

18-.The Christina Rossetti’s poem “Goblin market” was, as it claimed the author, a children’s poem, although many critics agree that the poem is full of…a)Sexual connotations. b) References to mythological themes. c) Allusions to the personal career of the author. d)Criticism against the women’s rights.

 

19-. “In Memoriam”, one of the most important works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, was written in order to commemorate his poet’s Cambridge friend Arthur Henry Hallam, but it also talks about… a)The Victorian Society and many issues of the time. b)The private life of Arthur Henry Hallam. c)Queen Victoria’s marriage. d) The memories of Tennyson’s wife

 

20-. Elizabeth B. Browning’s work named “The Seraphim and Other poems” expressed:

 a) her discontent with the upper classes of that time b) her love for her husband c) her deep Christian sentiments d) her love for her son

 

21-.Christina Rossetti’s poem Goblin Market deals: a)With sexual imaginary b)With religious devotion c)With the Romantic Era d)With her feelings towards her lover

 

22-. The girlhood of Mary Virgin was written by: a)Dante Gabriel Rossetti b)Christina Rossetti c)Oscar Wilde d)Swinburne

 

23-. Elizabeth B. Browning’s work named “Aurora Leigh” is about: a) a love story between a poor boy and a rich girl b) a woman writer making her way in life c) a woman writer criticizing love, sex and religion d) a love story between two girls

 

 24.- “A Dream I had in the dead of night”. This verse belongs to a poem by Robert Bucharan What of this ones? a) The Starling. b) Tiger Bay. c) The Bockworm. d) London, 1864

 

25-. "Poor child, poor child"; and as he turned away Came a deep silence, and I knew he wept. Which is the title of this extract from a Christina Rossetti’s poem? a) Sapho. b) The Prince’s Progress c) Good Friday d) After Death.