English Victorian Literature
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During the English Victorian era, what major event significantly impacted the economy?

  • Development of the Steam Railway system (correct)
  • Introduction of the telephone
  • Rise of supernatural fiction
  • Spread of modern culture

Which genre of fiction emerged significantly during the Victorian era and is still popular today?

  • Historical fiction
  • Romantic fiction
  • Sensation fiction (correct)
  • Biographical fiction

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a Victorian novel that is considered among the best English novels?

  • Middlemarch
  • Tess of the D’Urbervilles
  • Bleak House
  • Great Expectations (correct)

What major technological advancement connected people across great distances during the Victorian era?

<p>The development of the telegraph (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which poet from the Victorian era wrote 'My Last Duchess'?

<p>Browning (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was a prevailing mode of the English novel during the Victorian era?

<p>Realism (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following did Romantic-era poets not focus on during the Victorian era?

<p>Industrialization (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What approach did some Victorian writers take in their novels to challenge societal norms?

<p>Depicting characters with conflicting goals (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who were two of the dramatists and playwrights that emerged at the end of the Victorian era?

<p>Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which authors contributed to the Novel form reaching its zenith during the Victorian era?

<p>Dickens, Trollope, Thackeray, Eliot, the Brontës, Hardy (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers
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