Great War, Romantic Period, Victorian Period

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1. What was the upcoming genre in The Victorian Age?

1. Romantic Novel
2. Realistic Novel
3. Social Novel
4. Horror Novel

1. What was the upcoming genre in The Victorian Age?

1. Romantic Novel
2. Realistic Novel
3. Social Novel
4. Horror Novel

2. Which two trends were present in The Victorian Age?

1. Optimism and Realism
2. Realism and Pessimism
3. Optimism and Pessimism
4. Socialism and Optimism

3. When did The Victorian Age start?

1. 1825
2. 1829
3. 1837
4. 1842

4. Who wrote Great Expectations?

1. Charles Dickens
2. Edgar Allan Poe
3. Charlotte Brontë
4. William Wordworth

The next two questions are about the poem from which the following extract was taken:

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills

When all at once I saw a crowd

 A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze

5. Identify the rhyme scheme

1. AABB
2. ABBA
3. ABAB
4. it uses alliteration instead of end rhyme

6. Who was the author?

1. William Wordsworth
2. John Keats
3. Percy Shelley
4. Mary Shelly

7. What are daffodils?

1. Young children
2. Poor farmers
3. Sheep-like animals
4. Yellow flowers

8. What is not a romantic element?

1. Supernatural elements
2. Idolisation of country people
3. Recollection in tranquillity
4. Comments on society

9. Who wrote The Lyrical Ballads?

1. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
2. Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Percy Bysshe Shelley
3. Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron
4. Lord Byron and William Wordsworth

10. What was romanticism a response to?

1. The Russian Revolution
2. The Industrial Revolution
3. The publication of On the Origin of Species
4. the rationalism of the Englightenment

11. Which war was The Great War?

1. World War I
2. World War II
3. The Hundred years' war
4. the Napoleonic wars

12. When did the Great war start and end?

1. 1912-1918
2. 1912-1919
3. 1914-1918
4. 1914-1919

13. Who wrote the poem 'Does it matter'

1. Rupert Brooke
2. Margaret Postgate Cole
3. Siegfried Sassoon
4. Wilfred Owen

14. What are recurring themes in war poetry?

1. death and despair
2. nature and beauty
3. love and sex
4. religion and faith

15. Which event triggered British involvement in WWI?

1. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
2. The German invasion of Belgium and France
3. The German invasion of Britain
4. The Pearl Harbor attack

16. What is not a typically Victorian theme or genre?

1. Industry
2. Realism
3. Supernatural elements
4. Social reform

17. When was Queen Victoria born?

1. 1820
2. 1830
3. 1837
4. 1901

18. Which book was not written by Charles Dickens?

1. Hard Times
2. Oliver Twist
3. Great Expectations
4. Moby Dick

19. Who was Jane Eyre?

1. The author of Charlotte Brontë
2. The main character of the book with the same name
3. The author of Little Women
4. One of the authors of The Lyrical Ballads

20. Who was the love of Jane Eyre's life?

1. Mr Darcy
2. Mr Sheringham
3. Mr Niven
4. Mr Rochester

21. Who is the main character in Great Expectations?

1. Georgiana 'George' Pirrip
2. Alexander 'Alex' Pirrip
3. Bartholomew 'Bart' Pirrip
4. Philip 'Pip' Pirrip

22. Who wrote The Tell-Tale Heart?

1. Mary Shelley
2. Edgar Allen Poe
3. Charles Dickens
4. Charlotte Brontë

22. What is the theme of The Tell-Tale Heart?

1. Mental illness
2. Social injustice
3. Physical deterioration
4. Recollection in tranquillity