Arnold’s Culture and Anarchy deals with the subject of_____________?
A. Religion
B. Civilization
C. Tehology
D. Education
Victorian Age
The Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria’s reign was celebrated in______________?
The Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria’s reign was celebrated in______________?
A. 1842
B. 1837
C. 1871
D. 1859
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 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
What did Victorian journalists mean by terming certain women surplusor redundant ?
What did Victorian journalists mean by terming certain women surplusor redundant ?
A. They remained unmarried due to a population imbalance between the sexes.
B. Their willingness to work for low wages resulted in a surplus of textiles, causing them to drop in price.
C. They were women writers who wrote frequently about similar topics.
D. They prostituted themselves as a way to make money in a market economy that didn’t provide extensive job opportunities to women.