Which ruler’s reign marks the approximate beginning and end of the Victorian era ?
A. King Henry VIII
B. Queen Elizabeth I
C. Queen Victoria
D. King John
English Literature Mcqs
Which one of Gaskell’s novels has been called a Victorian Much Ado About Nothing ?
Which one of Gaskell’s novels has been called a Victorian Much Ado About Nothing ?
A. Cranford
B. North and South
C. Ruth
D. Mary Barton
Who, among the following English playwrights, scripted the film Shakespeare in Love ?
Who, among the following English playwrights, scripted the film Shakespeare in Love ?
A. Alan Bennett
B. Caryl Churchill
C. Tom Stoppard
D. Harold ter
Fill in the blanks from Tennyson’s The Princess. Man for the field and woman for the _________ Man for the sword and for the ____________ she: Man with the head and woman with the …..: Man to command and woman to ____________?
Fill in the blanks from Tennyson’s The Princess. Man for the field and woman for the _________ Man for the sword and for the ____________ she: Man with the head and woman with the …..: Man to command and woman to ____________?
A. crop; scabbard; foot; agree
B. throne; scepter; soul; decree
C. school; scalpel; pen; set free
D. hearth; needle; heart; obey
What was common amongst D.G Rossetti, Christina Rossetti, Morris and Swinburne ?
What was common amongst D.G Rossetti, Christina Rossetti, Morris and Swinburne ?
A. They all belonged to the Oxford Movement
B. They were all painters
C. They were all Victorian Novelists
D. They all belonged to the Pre- Raphaelite School
What type of writing did Walter Pater define as “the special and opportune art of the modern world” ?
What type of writing did Walter Pater define as “the special and opportune art of the modern world” ?
A. the novel
B. nonfiction proseB.
C. the lyric
D. comic drama
Which of the following contributed to the growing awareness in the Late Victorian Period of the immense human, economic, and political costs of running an empire ?
Which of the following contributed to the growing awareness in the Late Victorian Period of the immense human, economic, and political costs of running an empire ?
A. the India Mutiny in 1857
B. the Boer War in the south of Africa
C. the Jamaica Rebellion in 1865
D. all of the above
Which city became the perceived center of Western civilization by the middle of the nineteenth century ?
Which city became the perceived center of Western civilization by the middle of the nineteenth century ?
A. Paris
B. Tokyo
C. London
D. Amsterdam
Vanity Fair is a novel by_______________?
Vanity Fair is a novel by_______________?
A. Jane Austin
B. Dickens
C. Emily Bronte
D. Thackery
Which of the following comic playwrights made fun of Victorian values and pretensions ?
Which of the following comic playwrights made fun of Victorian values and pretensions ?
A. W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
B. George Bernard Shaw
C. Robert Corrigan
D. all but C