By the mid 19th century ...

the Tories were the Conservative party.

Electropathy involved ...

using electricity to alleviate medical problems.

made fortunes from successful commercial enterprises.

Karl Marx developed his new economic theory.

Victorian women bathed with arsenic soap and shampoo...

in an effort to improve their skin.

Hydrotherapy cured diseases like ...

the diseases in answers 1, 2 and 3 including impotence.

In the 19th century, ...

only criminals and sailors got inked.

As the British Empire expanded to cover more than a quarter of the globe, ...

it made Britain the most powerful nation in the world.

During the Victorian era in England, ...

law-makers and trade unions improved working conditions.

By the mid 19th century ...

the Whigs were the Liberal party.

was hereditary and came to include the new riches.

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The Victorian Era

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1
As living standards improved throughout the Victorian period, ...
birth rates increased.
birth rates improved.
birth rates decreased.
birth rates fell.
2
In London, the world's first underground railway was known as ...
the subway.
the underground.
the tube.
the metro.
3
Prince Albert was a keen supporter of the ...
education.
culture.
science.
art.
4
By the mid 19th century ...
the Tories were the Liberal party.
the Tories were the Conservative party.
the Tories weren't a political party.
the Tories haven't existed.
5
Electropathy involved ...
using electricity to improve medical problems.
using electricity to alleviate medical problems.
using electricity to make disappear medical problems.
using electricity to detect medical problems.
6
The Victorian era in Great Britain, a time of great progress, is still considered ...
the Birth of Modern Times.
the Death of war.
the Death of peace.
the Death of Modern Times.
7
A corset was worn by ...
men.
both.
none.
women.
8
Magnetism promised ...
to relieve pain.
All of these are correct.
to cure a variety of complaints including indigestion.
to grow hair.
9
Poetry, literature and art flourished with ...
all of these.
Charles Dickens.
the Bronte sisters.
Oscar Wilde.
10
The new riches ...
didn't make fortunes from successful commercial enterprises.
didn't make any fortunes.
made fortunes from not successful commercial enterprises.
made fortunes from successful commercial enterprises.
11
Who published the Theory of Evolution?
Oscar Wilde.
Darwin.
Charles Dickens.
Rudyard Kipling.
12
A corset was worn by women to ...
give their figures a trendy shape.
None of these are correct.
reduce their waists.
Both are correct.
13
London blossomed under the patronage of Prince Albert with the building of ...
the Royal Opera House.
all of these.
the Royal Albert Hall.
the Science Museum.
14
Which is correct?
Karl Marx developed his new economic theory.
Karl Marx developed modern psychiatry.
None of these are correct.
Sigmund Freud developed economic theory.
15
Victorian women bathed with arsenic soap and shampoo...
in an effort to improve their strength.
in an effort to improve their skin.
in an effort to improve their hair.
in an effort to improve their life.
16
A large proportion of Victorian society ...
was still working class.
was still middle class.
was not still working class.
was still upper class.
17
Politically, during the Victorian era, the House of Commons had ...
four main political parties.
three main political parties.
one political party.
two main political parties.
18
Hydrotherapy cured diseases like ...
the diseases in answers 1, 2 and 3 including impotence.
hysteria.
insomnia.
tuberculosis.
19
Railways ...
didn't develop.
appeared for the first time.
continued to develop.
disappeared.
20
Victorian women bathed with ...
arsenic soap and shampoo.
normal soap and shampoo.
arsenic soap.
arsenic shampoo.
21
In the 19th century, ...
only criminals and sailors got inked.
tattoos didn't exist.
not only criminals and sailors got inked.
tattoos were forbidden.
22
They eventually made it illegal for children to work ...
more than 69 hours per day.
more than 69 hours per week.
less than 69 hours per week.
more than 69 hours per month.
23
As the British Empire expanded to cover more than a quarter of the globe, ...
it made Britain the less powerful nation in the world.
none of these happened.
it made Britain the most powerful nation in the world.
it brought a war.
24
Middle class England ...
didn't grow.
became extinct.
grew rapidly.
grew slowly.
25
When did Queen Victoria ascend the British throne?
1387
1820
1837
1783
26
The preceding years of the Industrial Revolution...
had led to the mass production of goods.
made life for mill workers harsh.
each of them are correct.
made goods more affordable for common people.
27
During the Victorian era in England, ...
the middle class improved working conditions.
only law-makers improved working conditions.
law-makers and trade unions improved working conditions.
only trade unions improved working conditions.
28
By the mid 19th century ...
the Whigs haven't existed.
the Whigs were the Liberal party.
the Whigs weren't a political party.
the Whigs were the Conservative party.
29
Hydrotherapy was also known as ...
"water problem".
"water life".
"water world".
"water cure".
30
Upper class ...
wasn't hereditary and didn't come to include the new riches.
was hereditary and didn't come to include the new riches.
wasn't hereditary and came to include the new riches.
was hereditary and came to include the new riches.

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