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Category: Victorian Age
Who, among the following, was a Catholic novelist, an Intelligence Officer, a film critic and set his fictions in far-away places wrecked by political conflicts ?
A. Graham Greene
B. Anthony Powell
C. Evelyn Waugh
D. William Golding
Which poem by Chaucer was written on the death of Blanche, Wife of John of Gaunt ?
A. The Legend of Good Women
B. The House of Fame
C. The Book of Duchess
D. Troilus and Criseyde
Everyone in Elizabethan England was born into a social class. Peasants were the unluckiest of the lot: they were denied basic comforts, security, and even the chance to dress well. Yep, the Statutes of Apparel outlined the clothes one could legally wear based on rank. Which of the following could the poor wear ?
A. Purple silk dresses
B. Woolen underwear
C. Sable-lined cloaks
D. Velvet coats
Which city became the perceived center of Western civilization by the middle of the nineteenth century ?
A. Paris
B. Tokyo
C. London
D. Amsterdam
The Irish Dramatic Movement was heralded by such figures as____________?
A. H. Drummond, Edward Irving and John Ervine
B. W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory and Edward Martyn
C. Oscar Wilde and his contemporaries
D. Jonathan Swift and his contemporaries
What is common amongst Cardinal Newman, John Keble, Henry Newman and Stanley ?
A. They were all poets
B. They were all associated with Pre- Raphaelite School
C. They were all atheists
D. They were all associated with the Oxford Movement
Which ruler’s reign marks the approximate beginning and end of the Victorian era ?
A. King Henry VIII
B. Queen Elizabeth I
C. Queen Victoria
D. King John
The Oxford Movement was basically a_____________?
A. Religious Movement
B. Political Movement
C. Social Movement
D. Literary Movement
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