Victorian Age (1830 - 1901) in English Literature
1. Who is considered the prominent author of the Victorian Age in English Literature?
a) William Wordsworth
b) Charles Dickens
c) Jane Austen
d) John Keats
2. Which of the following novels is written by Charlotte Brontë during the Victorian Age?
a) "Pride and Prejudice"
b) "Wuthering Heights"
c) "Emma"
d) "Sense and Sensibility"
3. Who wrote the famous poem "Dover Beach" during the Victorian Age?
a) Alfred Lord Tennyson
b) Robert Browning
c) Matthew Arnold
d) Elizabeth Barrett Browning
4. Which social issue is prominently addressed in Charles Dickens' novel "Oliver Twist"?
a) Women's suffrage
b) Child labor
c) Racial discrimination
d) Industrial revolution
5. Who is known for coining the term "The Angel in the House" to describe the ideal Victorian woman?
a) Elizabeth Gaskell
b) Christina Rossetti
c) Coventry Patmore
d) George Eliot
6. Which literary movement, emphasizing realism and social reform, gained prominence during the Victorian Era?
a) Romanticism
b) Gothic literature
c) Aestheticism
d) Social Realism
7. Who wrote the novel "Middlemarch," a significant work exploring social and political themes during the Victorian Age?
a) Thomas Hardy
b) George Eliot
c) Emily Brontë
d) Oscar Wilde
8. In Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem "The Lady of Shalott," what is the lady's fatal curse?
a) Inability to speak
b) Forbidden to weave
c) Forbidden to look directly at Camelot
d) Unable to leave her tower
9. Who is the author of the novel "Great Expectations," a bildungsroman that reflects social class issues?
a) Thomas Hardy
b) George Eliot
c) Charles Dickens
d) Emily Brontë
10. Which poet of the Victorian Age is known for his dramatic monologues, including "My Last Duchess" and "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"?
a) Robert Browning
b) Algernon Charles Swinburne
c) Dante Gabriel Rossetti
d) Gerard Manley Hopkins
11. Who is often considered the leading poet of the Victorian Age?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson
d) William Blake
12. Which of the following poems by Robert Browning is a dramatic monologue exploring the mind of a murderer?
a) "The Charge of the Light Brigade"
b) "Dover Beach"
c) "My Last Duchess"
d) "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
13. Who wrote the poem "Dover Beach," expressing a sense of disillusionment with the changing world?
a) Alfred, Lord Tennyson
b) Robert Browning
c) Matthew Arnold
d) Christina Rossetti
14. In "The Charge of the Light Brigade," which war event does Lord Tennyson immortalize?
a) Crimean War
b) Napoleonic Wars
c) American Civil War
d) Boer War
15. Who wrote the poem "Goblin Market," exploring themes of temptation and sacrifice?
a) Christina Rossetti
b) Elizabeth Barrett Browning
c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson
d) Robert Browning
16. Which Victorian poet is known for his work on the condition of the urban poor, especially in "Songs of Innocence and Experience"?
a) William Wordsworth
b) William Blake
c) John Keats
d) Alfred, Lord Tennyson
17. Who wrote "In Memoriam," a long poem expressing grief and reflection on the death of a close friend?
a) John Keats
b) William Wordsworth
c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson
d) Robert Browning
18. Which Victorian poet is associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and wrote "The Lady of Shalott"?
a) Elizabeth Barrett Browning
b) Christina Rossetti
c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson
d) Alfred Noyes
19. What is the central theme of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "Sonnet 43" (How Do I Love Thee)?
a) Nature's beauty
b) Unrequited love
c) Eternal love for a spouse
d) Loss and mourning
20. Who wrote "The Pied Piper of Hamelin," a narrative poem with elements of fantasy and morality?
a) Lord Byron
b) Robert Browning
c) Christina Rossetti
d) Alfred Noyes
21. Who is considered the major playwright of the Victorian Age?
a) William Shakespeare
b) Oscar Wilde
c) George Bernard Shaw
d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
22. Which play by Oscar Wilde is known for its satirical portrayal of the Victorian upper class?
a) "A Woman of No Importance"
b) "The Importance of Being Earnest"
c) "An Ideal Husband"
d) "Lady Windermere's Fan"
23. Who wrote the play "Doll's House," which challenged Victorian societal norms, especially regarding women?
a) Oscar Wilde
b) Henrik Ibsen
c) George Eliot
d) Charles Dickens
24. Which Victorian dramatist is known for addressing social issues and class struggles in his plays, such as "Mrs. Warren's Profession"?
a) Charles Dickens
b) Thomas Hardy
c) George Bernard Shaw
d) Elizabeth Gaskell
25. In the context of Victorian drama, what does the term "well-made play" refer to?
a) A play that is highly intellectual
b) A play with a tightly constructed and logical plot
c) A play that relies on improvisation
d) A play with a focus on surrealism
26. Who wrote "The Duchess of Malfi," a play that is often associated with the Jacobean period but continued to be performed in the Victorian era?
a) Christopher Marlowe
b) Ben Jonson
c) John Webster
d) Thomas Middleton
27. Which Victorian playwright is known for works like "Arms and the Man" and "Candida," exploring societal conventions and the role of women?
a) Oscar Wilde
b) George Bernard Shaw
c) Thomas Hardy
d) Elizabeth Barrett Browning
28. What genre is Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" categorized as in the context of Victorian drama?
a) Tragedy
b) Melodrama
c) Farce
d) Comedy
29. Who is the author of "Hedda Gabler," a play that deals with the complexities of marriage and social expectations in the Victorian era?
a) Henrik Ibsen
b) George Eliot
c) Charlotte Brontë
d) Anthony Trollope
30. Which play by Elizabeth Barrett Browning is a poetic drama that reflects Victorian concerns with social justice and political activism?
a) "Aurora Leigh"
b) "Sonnets from the Portuguese"
c) "Lady Geraldine's Courtship"
d) "The Cry of the Children"
31. Who is often regarded as the key figure in Victorian literature, known for works such as "Oliver Twist" and "Great Expectations"?
a) Jane Austen
b) Charlotte Brontë
c) Charles Dickens
d) George Eliot
32. Which novel by Charlotte Brontë is a significant work of the Victorian Age, featuring the character Jane Eyre?
a) "Wuthering Heights"
b) "Jane Eyre"
c) "Middlemarch"
d) "Pride and Prejudice"
33. Who wrote the novel "Wuthering Heights," a dark and passionate tale set in the Yorkshire moors?
a) Emily Brontë
b) Jane Austen
c) Charles Dickens
d) Thomas Hardy
34. Which of the following novels by Charles Dickens is a critique of the social and economic conditions of the time, focusing on the character of Ebenezer Scrooge?
a) "Great Expectations"
b) "David Copperfield"
c) "Hard Times"
d) "A Christmas Carol"
35. Who wrote the novel "Middlemarch," a complex exploration of various characters and their lives in a provincial town?
a) Charlotte Brontë
b) George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
c) Thomas Hardy
d) Wilkie Collins
36. What is the subtitle of Charles Dickens's novel "David Copperfield"?
a) The Tale of Two Cities
b) The Pickwick Papers
c) The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery
d) A Tale of Two Cities
37. In "Great Expectations," who is Pip's mysterious benefactor who transforms his life?
a) Mr. Jaggers
b) Abel Magwitch
c) Estella
d) Miss Havisham
38. Which novel by Wilkie Collins is considered one of the earliest detective novels and features the character Sergeant Cuff?
a) "The Moonstone"
b) "The Woman in White"
c) "Hard Times"
d) "Bleak House"
39. Who is the author of the novel "Vanity Fair," a satirical panorama of early 19th-century English society?
a) Thomas Hardy
b) William Makepeace Thackeray
c) George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
d) Anthony Trollope
40. In "Dracula" by Bram Stoker, a novel with Gothic elements from the Victorian era, who is the vampire hunter?
a) Jonathan Harker
b) Mina Harker
c) Professor Van Helsing
d) Lucy Westenra
41. Who was a prominent critic during the Victorian Age known for his essays on literary criticism, including "Culture and Anarchy"?
a) John Ruskin
b) Matthew Arnold
c) Charles Dickens
d) Thomas Carlyle
42. Which term is associated with John Ruskin's criticism, emphasizing the moral and social responsibilities of art and the artist?
a) Aestheticism
b) Utilitarianism
c) Pre-Raphaelitism
d) Pathetic fallacy
43. Who coined the term "The Two Cultures," highlighting the perceived gap between scientific and literary intellectualism during the Victorian Era?
a) Matthew Arnold
b) Thomas Carlyle
c) John Stuart Mill
d) C. P. Snow
44. What concept, advocated by Thomas Carlyle, emphasizes the heroic and dynamic qualities of individuals as societal leaders?
a) Pastoralism
b) Romanticism
c) Hero-Worship
d) Industrialism
45. Who is known for popularizing the term "Pathetic Fallacy," referring to the attribution of human emotions to nature in literary works?
a) John Ruskin
b) Thomas Carlyle
c) Charles Dickens
d) George Eliot
46. Which literary critic of the Victorian Age argued for the importance of realism in fiction, emphasizing detailed observation of everyday life?
a) Matthew Arnold
b) John Ruskin
c) Charles Dickens
d) George Eliot
47. Who, among the following, is associated with the phrase "dissociation of sensibility," suggesting a separation between thought and feeling in poetry?
a) Tennyson
b) Browning
c) John Donne
d) T.S. Eliot
48. Which literary work by Matthew Arnold criticizes the decline of faith in the face of advancing science and industrialization during the Victorian Era?
a) "Dover Beach"
b) "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
c) "The Waste Land"
d) "In Memoriam"
49. Who is known for promoting the idea of "art for art's sake," separating art from morality and social responsibility?
a) John Ruskin
b) Walter Pater
c) Matthew Arnold
d) Thomas Carlyle
50. Which Victorian critic and poet wrote extensively on cultural and social issues, advocating for a return to medieval values and craftsmanship?
a) Robert Browning
b) John Ruskin
c) Algernon Charles Swinburne
d) Christina Rossetti
51. Who wrote the novel "Jane Eyre," a classic of Victorian literature?
a) Charles Dickens
b) Charlotte Brontë
c) Thomas Hardy
d) Emily Brontë
52. Which Victorian author wrote "Great Expectations"?
a) Jane Austen
b) Emily Brontë
c) Charles Dickens
d) Thomas Hardy
53. In "Wuthering Heights," who is the brooding and enigmatic character at the center of the narrative?
a) Jane Eyre
b) Heathcliff
c) Mr. Rochester
d) Pip
54. Who penned the novel "Dracula," a Gothic masterpiece of the Victorian era?
a) Mary Shelley
b) Bram Stoker
c) Oscar Wilde
d) Robert Louis Stevenson
55. Which novel by Thomas Hardy explores themes of fate, morality, and the role of chance in shaping human destinies?
a) "Far from the Madding Crowd"
b) "The Mayor of Casterbridge"
c) "Tess of the d'Urbervilles"
d) "Jude the Obscure"
56. Who is the author of the social novel "Middlemarch," which provides a panoramic view of provincial life in the 1830s?
a) George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
b) Elizabeth Gaskell
c) Anthony Trollope
d) Wilkie Collins
57. Which Charles Dickens novel features the character Ebenezer Scrooge and is a tale of redemption and Christmas spirit?
a) "Bleak House"
b) "Hard Times"
c) "A Tale of Two Cities"
d) "A Christmas Carol"
58. In "The Picture of Dorian Gray," who sells his soul to remain eternally young while his portrait ages?
a) Oscar Wilde
b) Robert Louis Stevenson
c) Thomas Hardy
d) Bram Stoker
59. Which novel by Elizabeth Gaskell depicts the industrial and social issues of the time, focusing on the struggles of mill workers?
a) "North and South"
b) "Cranford"
c) "Mary Barton"
d) "Wives and Daughters"
60. Who authored the novel "Far from the Madding Crowd," featuring the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene?
a) Emily Brontë
b) Thomas Hardy
c) Charles Dickens
d) George Eliot
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