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Which event did not occur as part of the rise of the British Empire under Queen Victoria ?
A. Between 1853 and 1880, 2,466,000 emigrants left Britain, many bound for the colonies.
B. In 1876, Queen Victoria was named empress of India
C. To save costs and maximize profits, the day-to-day government of India was transferred from Parliament to the private East India Company.
D. From 1830 to 1870, the sum total of investments abroad by British capitalists had risen from £ 300 billion to £ 800 billion.
Which of the following discoveries, theories, and events contributed to Victorians feeling less like they were a uniquely special, central species in the universe and more isolated ?
A. geology
B. evolution
C. discoveries in astronomy about stellar distances
D. all of the above
Which best describes the general feeling expressed in literature during the last decade of the Victorian era ?
A. studied melancholy and aestheticism
B. sincere earnestness and Protestant zeal
C. raucous celebration mixed with self congratulatory sophistication
D. paranoid introspection and cryptic dissent
Which contemporary discussions on women’s rights did Tennyson’s The Princess address ?
A. the grueling working conditions for women in textile factories
B. the debate on women’s suffrage
C. the need to enlarge and improve educational opportunities for women, resulting in the establishment of the first women’s college in London
D. the question of monarchical succession and if a woman should hold royal power
Cocktown is an imaginary industrial town in the novelfirst_____________?
A. Cranford
B. Hard Times
C. Ruth
D. Vanity Fair
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
What was the relationship between Victorian poets and the Romantics ?
A. The Romantics remained largely forgotten until their rediscovery by T. S. Eliot in the 1920s.
B. The Victorians were disgusted by the immorality and narcissism of the Romantics.
C. The Romantics were seen as gifted but crude artists belonging to a distant, semibarbarous age.
D. The Victorians were strongly influenced by the Romantics and experienced a sense of belatedness.
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