About Victorianism
1-.When did the Victorianism
started? a) 1837, when Queen
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
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
11-. Where and when was
born Alfred Tennyson? a) He was born in
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
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
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)
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.