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Before Uncle Tom is taken away in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, what token does George Shelby give him to wear around his neck?

A ring

A locket

A crucifix

A dollar

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What does the death of Lucy Westenra in Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' imply about Victorian societal values?

That men consider themselves responsible for their own fates

That female sexuality is dangerous and must be destroyed

That women are not one-dimensional

That sexual purity was less important than society’s safety

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What is the most accurate historical description of the Evangelical minority within the Church of England?

Known as Nonconformists or Dissenters, Evangelicals spearheaded the colonial missionary movement, promoted a Puritan moral code, and played a key role in the British Empire's early abolition of slavery in 1833.

A group of unattractive individuals sent to colonies for missionary work to avoid sullying the Church of England's image.

They aligned with the High Church or the “Catholic” faction within the church.

They were devout “tractarians”, as described by John Henry Newman.

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What is the literal translation of the title of Thomas Carlyle’s work 'Sartor Resartus'?

Religious Scripture

Seaside Resort

None of these

Tailor Repatched

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Which of the following initiatives was a component of the moral reform movements during the Victorian era?

Concerts in the parks that were attended by ordinary people should be banned.

Civil servants should talk more openly and publicly about their moral work.

Members of the Jewish and Catholic faiths should be excluded from public office.

There should be more missionary work in less civilized parts of the world.

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Which novelist's works best exemplify the mid-Victorian era's satisfaction with economic prosperity and relative social stability?

Friedrich Engels

Anthony Trollope

John Ruskin

Charles Dickens

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Which of the following events did not occur during the expansion of the British Empire under Queen Victoria?

Between 1853 and 1880, 2,466,000 emigrants left Britain, many bound for the colonies.

From 1830 to 1870, the sum total of investments abroad by British capitalists had risen from £ 300 billion to £ 800 billion.

In 1876, Queen Victoria was named empress of India

To save costs and maximize profits, the day-to-day government of India was transferred from Parliament to the private East India Company.

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Which work by John Ruskin was originally conceived as a defense of contemporary landscape artists, particularly J.M.W. Turner?

The Stones of Venice

Modem Painters

The Seven Lamps of Architecture

The Two Paths

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Which of John Ruskin's publications most clearly demonstrates his engagement with social economy?

None of these

The Seven Lamps

Unto this Last

The Stones of Venice

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What primary factors contributed to the rise in popularity of nonfiction prose during the Victorian period?

a Puritanical distrust of fictions and a thirst for trivia

the deconstruction of the truth-fiction dichotomy and an accompanying relativistic sense that every opinion was of equal value

a new market position for nonfiction writing and an exalted sense of the didactic function of the writer

the forbiddingly high cost of threevolume novels and the difficulty of finding poetry in bookshops outside of London

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Victorian Age and Social Realism MCQs for Competitive Exams

Victorian Age and Social Realism MCQs for Competitive Exams

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