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Arnold’s Culture and Anarchy deals with the subject of_____________?
A. Religion
B. Civilization
C. Tehology
D. Education
Why did the novel seem a genre particularly well-suited to women ?
A. It did not carry the burden of an august tradition like poetry.
B. It was a popular form whose market women could enter easily.
C. It was seen as a frivolous form where one shouldn’t make serious statements about society.
D. all but C
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
Queen Victoria succeeded to the throne of England after_____________?
A. George IV
B. George III
C. William IV
D. Edward VII
The Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria’s reign was celebrated in______________?
A. 1842
B. 1837
C. 1871
D. 1859
Which of the following authors promoted versions of socialism ?
A. William Morris
B. John Ruskin
C. Edward FitzGerald
D. all but c
Who is the author of Aurora Leigh ?
A. Tennyson
B. Elizabeth Barret Browning
C. D. G. Rossetti
D. Christina Rossetti
Religion played a pivotal part in Elizabethan life. Protestants, Catholics, Puritans, and other religious groups jostled for power and survival in uncertain times. In 1559, an Act of Parliament was passed which determined the “supreme governor” of all things spiritual. Who was it ?
A. The Pope in Rome
B. Each man was his own supreme governor
C. The Archbishop of Canterbury
D. Queen Elizabeth I
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
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