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Sherlock Holmes is the father of...

Which is not a way crime stories changed in the Victorian Era?

Victorian Detective Fiction Notes Quiz

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1
Which is not a way crime stories changed in the Victorian Era?
Mysteries were always closed-circle
Criminal was no longer seen as heroic
Authors side with Law and Order
2
Sherlock Holmes is the father of...
Classic Literature
Mystery
The Victorian Era
The "Golden Age"
3
Who was mystery fiction's first detective created by?
Edgar Allen Poe
Auguste C. Duplin
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
4
Which of the Sherlock Holmes stories were later performed as a play?
Five Orange Pips
A Case of Identity
Scandal in Bohemia
The Speckled Band
5
What did not contribute to the rise in popularity of novels?
More affordable to lower classes
Realistic stories
Rising literacy rates
More leisure time
6
What was Doyle's occupation other than a writer?
Doctor
Lawyer
Professor
Journalist
7
How many Sherlock Holmes novels and short stories were written?
4 novels, 56 short stories
3 novels, 47 short stories
2 novels, 34 short stories
1 novel, 30 short stories
8
Who was the first woman to write a fiction detective novel?
Jean Leckie
Agatha Christie
Anna Katherine Green
Louise Tawkins
9
Who in Doyle's life was the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes?
His friend, Edgar Allen Poe
His medical professor, Dr. Joseph Bell
His sister, Elizabeth
His mother, Mary
10
What is not a way Sherlock symbolized the time?
New inventions, Sherlock also invented things.
Respected authority much like people of the time.
Logic and reason parallelled real people, less emotion.
Methods of solving crimes used by real detectives.