Which of the following directives was part of Queen Victoria’s moral crusade ?

Related Mcqs:

Complete the following sentence. Wordsworth conceives of himself as a “chosen son” primarily because_____________?

A. his brothers died in their youth. B. he was endowed with a great poetic talent. C. he was given special educational opportunities. D. he feels especially connected to nature due to his experience as a youth....

Samuel Johnson’s Rasselas most fundamentally emphasizes which theme from Johnson’s other works or other 18thcentury works ?

A. The need for linguistic correctness as exemplified in his Dictionary B. The promise of universal knowledge as epitomized by the Encyclopédie C. The ultimate impossibility of achieving happiness, as espoused in his poem “The Vanity of Human Wishes” D. The need for self-sufficiency as detailed in novels like Robinson Crusoe...

What was the “white man’s burden” that Kipling speaks of in his poem of the same title ?

A. The pressure of conforming to preexisting social conventions B. The burden of white colonizers who are forced to learn to live in new lands C. The Eurocentric idea that the colonizer has a social responsibility to civilize other nations D. The concept that all white men do not share the same imperial duties...

How did ideas about the spread of the British Empire start to shift in the Victorian Period ?

A. Competition between European rivals forced the British to find new trading partners. B. Colonizers were no longer necessarily interested in reforming indigenous populations. C. People found ways to justify expansion by claiming national superiority. D. All of these answers...

Jonathan Swift’s suggestion in “A Modest Proposal” that the Irish eat their children exemplifies the characteristics of a satire in all of the following ways EXCEPT_______________?

A. its mocking tone. B. its absurd response to a real issue. C. its sentimental plea to its audience. D. its attempt to shock readers into acting....