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What is "The Darkling Thrush"?
"Behind the Shade" shows the genre of....
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"Behind the Shade" shows the genre of....
romanticism
gothicism
realism
anarchism
2
What is "The Darkling Thrush"?
A Fish
A Squirrel
A Sloth
A Bird
3
When a main character addresses an identifiable but silent listener at a time of crisis...
Soliloquey
Personification
Pastoral Poem
Dramatic Monologue
4
What is Dickens satirizing in "Hard Times"?
Child Labor
Utilitarianism
English Parliament
Victorian Etiquette
5
How would you characterize Ulysses' entire life up until now?
Centered on spreading the gospel
Humble Servanthood
Boring
Adventurous
6
Why were so many people stuffed into cities in Victorian England?
Everyone wanted to live where there were stores for shopping
Many had to leave farms to go to the city after Indust. Rev.
People liked to live in small spaces
The poets' corner in London attracted all the writers
7
What is Arthur trying to get Bedivere to do?
Throw his sword in the lake
Take him to Sir Honda Civic
Take him to the round table
Burn his body
8
Which was not a rider in Browning's poem?
Dirck
Joris
The Narrator
Roland
9
Victorian Society is characterized by...
its care for young children
The Tudor Line
its love for sonnets
its rules and etiquette
10
What novel, sermon, or story was NOT written during the Victorian period?
Jane Eyre
Charles Spurgeon's sermons
"Sense and Sensibility"
"The Signal Man"
11
Why does Browning use the anapest?
To mimic the sound of horses naying
To mimic the sound of war
To mimic the sound of a woman nagging
To mimic the sound of galloping
12
In which story did we see an example of someone trying to live above their means?
"Hard Times"
"Behind the Shade"
"The Cry of the Children"
"A Darkling Thrush"
13
By age 12, who composed a 6,000 line epic poem?
Robert Browning
Elizabeth Barrett
Alfred Tenneyson
Sir Walter Scott
14
Who worked at a shoe polish factory at a young age?
Dickens
Browning
Tenneyson
Hardy
15
The British Empire during this time...
covered a quarter of the globe
covered half the globe
covered 1/8 of the globe
covered 1/16 of the globe
16
What is the thrush symbolic of?
The sound of music
The passing of King Arthur
The passing of the 1800's into the 1900's
The passing of the 1700's into the 1800's
17
Who wrote "Behind the Shade"
Hsu
Morrison
Hardy
Browning
18
Who is the main character in "Hard Times"?
Oliver
Anthony Desrosiers
Thomas Gradgrind
Mr. M'Choakumchild
19
Which author struggled with his faith after reading Darwin& dealing with the death of a friend?
Charles Dickens
Alfred Lord Tenneyson
Thomas Hardy
Robert Browning
20
Who is Ulysses?
Alfred Lord Tenneyson
Cole Kirby
King Arthur
Odysseus
21
Where is the destination that the riders are headed for in Browning's poem?
Gettysburg
Death
Aix
Ghent
22
Which poet had a stalker that they married?
Charles Dickens
Elizabeth Barrett
Charlotte Bronte
Robert Browning
23
Victorian Literature was all of the following EXCEPT:
The age of prose
Highly emotional
Reflected conflict in religious views
Many times a social criticism
24
Who wrote "The Passing of Arthur"?
Alex Schneider
Thomas Hardy
Alfred Lord Tenneyson
Robert Browing
25
What ended this era?
The death of Tenneyson
The writing of "Jane Eyre"
The death of King Arthur
The death of Queen Victory
26
What word were Victorians not allowed to say?
Leg
Head
Toe
Hand
27
England's social classes consisted of:
Mostly middle class society living well
All poor people struggling in the slums
Two extremes- the very wealthy and the working class
3 very equal levels of society- lower, middle, upper class
28
Who was his son?
Andrew Dunnavant
Telemachus
Poseidon
Achilles
29
Who wrote a social outcry against child labor?
Elizabeth B. Browning
Robert Browning
Charlotte Bronte
Thomas Hardy
30
In the Victorian Period, Britain (as a whole) was...
the wealthiest nation in the world
the poorest it had ever been
ruled by a triumvirate
ruled by Queen Elizabeth
31
Who wrote "The Darkling Thrush" and what was he saying?
Dickens: Saying that there is hope for the future
Dickens: Saying that there is no hope for the future
Browning:Saying that the past century stunk but there's hope
Hardy: Saying that the past century stunk but there is hope
32
Does Bedivere do it?
Yes, after failing to do it twice
Yes, right away
Yes, after failing to do it once
No, he fails
33
Which of the following did NOT happen during the Victorian Period?
Charles Dickens wrote "Hard Times"
Dalton's Atomic Theory
Wordsworth & Coleridge's Lyrical Ballads published
Darwin's Origin of Species
34
"The Passing of Arthur" is an excerpt from Tenneyson's...
Lyrical Ballads
Idylls of the King
In Memoriam
King Arthur's Biography
35
What are the approximate years of the Victorian Period?
1732-1801
1832-1901
1901-1930
1800-1850
36
Which of the following was NOT written by Dickens?
A Christmas Carol
It's a Wonderful Life
Oliver Twist
Great Expectations
37
Many Victorian writers wrote about the evils of...
The Government
Industrialization
The Medieval Era
Etiquette and Manners
38
Which author reflects the Romantic Era in his nods to the past (nostalgia)?
Standley
Dickens
Tenneyson
Morrison
39
Which list has the British Literature eras in the correct order?
Victorian, Modern, Restoration
Restoration, Victorian, Romantic
Restoration, Romantic, Victorian
Romantic, Restoration, Victorian
40
Who was Ulysses's wife?
Penelope
Guinevere
Calpurnia
Bedivere
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What is an anapest?
stressed, stressed, unstressed pattern
stressed, unstressed, stressed pattern
unstressed, stressed pattern
unstressed, unstressed, stressed pattern
