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Which of the following Victorian writers regularly published their work in periodicals ?
A. Thomas Carlyle
B. Matthew Arnold
C. Charles Dickens
D. all of the above
To whom did the Reform Bill of 1832 extend the vote on parliamentary representation ?
A. the working classes
B. women
C. the lower middle classes
D. slaves
Which of the following comic playwrights made fun of Victorian values and pretensions ?
A. W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
B. Oscar Wilde
C. Robert Corrigan
D. all but C
Which of the following acts were not passed during the Victorian era ?
A. a series of Factory Acts
B. the Custody Act
C. the Women’s Suffrage Act
D. the Married Women’s Property Rights Acts
Which of the following statements about The Canterbury Tales is true ?
A. The Wife of Bath, The Clerk, Sir Gawain and The Franklin are characters and tale-tellers in this work.
B. “The General Prologue’ is appended to The Canterbury Tales.
C. In all, Chaucer tells thirty tales in this work.
D. The Canterbury Tales remained unfinished at the time of its author’s death.
What was Elizabeth’s close circle of advisers called ?
A. The Star Chamber
B. Parliament
C. The Privy Council
D. The Cabinet
What type of writing did Walter Pater define as “the special and opportune art of the modern world” ?
A. the novel
B. nonfiction proseB.
C. the lyric
D. comic drama
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
Who issued an interdict against Elizabeth ?
A. Pope Pius V
B. Pope Innocent III
C. Pope Gregory XIII
D. Pope Boniface
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