Victorian Period British Lit

Question 1

"The Passing of Arthur" is an excerpt from Tenneyson's...

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Idylls of the King

Question 2

What is the thrush symbolic of?

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The passing of the 1800's into the 1900's

Question 3

Victorian Literature was all of the following EXCEPT:

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Highly emotional

Question 4

The British Empire during this time...

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covered a quarter of the globe

Question 5

What is Arthur trying to get Bedivere to do?

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Throw his sword in the lake

Question 6

Which author reflects the Romantic Era in his nods to the past (nostalgia)?

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Tenneyson

Question 7

Who wrote "The Passing of Arthur"?

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Robert Browing

Question 8

Why does Browning use the anapest?

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To mimic the sound of galloping

Question 9

What word were Victorians not allowed to say?

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Leg

Question 10

Which list has the British Literature eras in the correct order?

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Restoration, Romantic, Victorian

Question 11

What is Dickens satirizing in "Hard Times"?

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Utilitarianism

Question 12

What ended this era?

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The death of Queen Victory

Question 13

Who wrote "Behind the Shade"

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Morrison

Question 14

Where is the destination that the riders are headed for in Browning's poem?

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Aix

Question 15

Which of the following was NOT written by Dickens?

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It's a Wonderful Life

Question 16

Which was not a rider in Browning's poem?

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Roland

Question 17

Who was Ulysses's wife?

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Penelope

Question 18

Who was his son?

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Telemachus

Question 19

Who worked at a shoe polish factory at a young age?

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Dickens

Question 20

Who wrote a social outcry against child labor?

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Elizabeth B. Browning

Question 21

Who wrote "The Darkling Thrush" and what was he saying?

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Hardy: Saying that the past century stunk but there is hope

Question 22

What novel, sermon, or story was NOT written during the Victorian period?

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"Sense and Sensibility"

Question 23

Many Victorian writers wrote about the evils of...

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Industrialization

Question 24

What is "The Darkling Thrush"?

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A Bird

Question 25

"Behind the Shade" shows the genre of....

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realism

Question 26

How would you characterize Ulysses' entire life up until now?

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Adventurous

Question 27

Who is the main character in "Hard Times"?

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Thomas Gradgrind

Question 28

Which of the following did NOT happen during the Victorian Period?

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Wordsworth & Coleridge's Lyrical Ballads published

Question 29

In the Victorian Period, Britain (as a whole) was...

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the wealthiest nation in the world

Question 30

Why were so many people stuffed into cities in Victorian England?

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Many had to leave farms to go to the city after Indust. Rev.

Question 31

By age 12, who composed a 6,000 line epic poem?

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Alfred Tenneyson

Question 32

What are the approximate years of the Victorian Period?

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1832-1901

Question 33

Which author struggled with his faith after reading Darwin& dealing with the death of a friend?

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Alfred Lord Tenneyson

Question 34

Which poet had a stalker that they married?

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Elizabeth Barrett

Question 35

Does Bedivere do it?

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Yes, after failing to do it twice

Question 36

England's social classes consisted of:

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Two extremes- the very wealthy and the working class

Question 37

Who is Ulysses?

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Odysseus

Question 38

Victorian Society is characterized by...

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its rules and etiquette

Question 39

In which story did we see an example of someone trying to live above their means?

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"Behind the Shade"

Question 40

When a main character addresses an identifiable but silent listener at a time of crisis...

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Dramatic Monologue

Question 41

What is an anapest?

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unstressed, unstressed, stressed pattern

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