The Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria’s reign was celebrated in______________?

A. 1842
B. 1837
C. 1871
D. 1859

Which of the following contributed to the growing awareness in the Late Victorian Period of the immense human, economic, and political costs of running an empire ?

A. The india mutiny in 1857
B. The boer war in the south of africa
C. The jamaica rebellion in 1865
D. All of the above

Which city became the perceived center of Western civilization by the middle of the nineteenth century ?

A. Paris
B. Tokyo
C. London
D. Amsterdam

Heathcliff is a character from_____________?

A. Emma
B. Jane eyre
C. Vanity fair
D. Wuthering heights

Fill in the blanks from Tennyson’s The Princess. Man for the field and woman for the …..: Man for the sword and for the ___________ she: Man with the head and woman with the __________Man to command and woman to _____________?

A. Crop; scabbard; foot; agree
B. Throne; scepter; soul; decree
C. School; scalpel; pen; set free
D. Hearth; needle; heart; obey

Who were the “Two Nations” referred to in the subtitle of Disraeli’s Sybil (1845) ?

A. The rich and the poor
B. Anglicans and methodists
C. England and ireland
D. Britain and germany

Which of th following novels is called a “Novel without a hero” ?

A. Vanity fair
B. Mill on the floss
C. Northanger abbey
D. Pickwick papers

What best describes the subject of most Victorian novels ?

A. The representation of a large and comprehensive social world in realistic detail
B. A surrealist exploration of alternate states of consciousness
C. The attempt of a protagonist to define his or her place in society
D. A and c

Which movement revived under Whitefield and Wesley ?

A. Methodist
B. Imagism
C. Oxford movement
D. Pre-raphaelite

Matthew Arnold;s Thyrsis is an elegy written on the death of______________?

A. Arthur hallam
B. Milton
C. Edward king
D. Hugh clough