Victorian Period : MCQ MOCK TEST – I


For the students of University of Gour Banga, West Bengal, India
MCQ MOCK TEST – I
Total Marks - 40
Time – 1:30 Hours
 A. Instruction: Write MCQ no. and options in full on Answer Sheet.
1. Queen Victoria succeeded to the throne of England after:
 (a) William IV
(b) William II
(c) William VI
(d) William V

2. The Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign was celebrated in :
(a) 1888
(b) 1886
(c) 1887
(d) 1889

3. Queen Victoria became the Empress of India in :
 (a) 1877
(b) 1876
(c) 1875
(d) 1872

4. The Oxford Movement was basically a:
(a) Religious Movement
(b) Political Movement
(c) Farmer Movement
(d) Trade Movement

5. The Oxford Movement was started by:
 (a) the scholars of the Oxford University
(b) the scholars of the OxonUniversity
(c) the scholars of the Cambridge University
(d) the scholars of the Yale University

6. What was common amongst D.G.Rossetti, Christina Rossetti, Morris and Swinburne?
(a) They all belonged to the Lake School
(b) They all belonged to the Raphaelite School
(c) They all belonged to the Pre-Raphaelite School
(d) They all belonged to the Romantic School

7. Who was the leader of the Pre-Raphaelite group of artists in England?
 (a) Christina Rossetti
(b) D.G.Rossetti
(c) Morris
(d) Swinburne

8. Who is the author of The Blessed Damozel ?
(a) Christina Rossetti
(b) D.G.Rossetti
(c) Morris
(d) Swinburne

9. Who is the author of Aurora Leigh?
 (a) Christina Rossetti
(b) Elizabeth Barret Browning
(c) Morris
(d) Robert Browning

10. The basic theme of Arnold's Literature and Dogma is
 (a) Theology
(b) Politics
(c) Ethics
(d) Philosophy

11. Arnold's Culture and Anarchy deals with the subject of
 (a) Theology
(b) Politics
(c) Education
(d) Philosophy

12. Darwin's The Origin of Species by Natural Selection challenges:
 (a) Genetic concept of the creation of the world
(b) Geographical concept of the creation of the world
(c) Political concept of the creation of the world
(d) Biblical concept of the creation of the world

13. What is common amongst Cardinal Newman, John Keble, Henry Newman and Stanley ?
 (a) They all belonged to the Oxford Movement
(b) They all belonged to the Raphaelite Movement
(c) They all belonged to the Pre-Raphaelite Movement
(d) They all belonged to the Romantic  Movement

14. Which of the following novels is called a "Novel without a hero”?
 (a) A tale of two cities
(b) David Copperfield
(c) Vanity Fair
(d) Hard Times

15. What is meant by ‘Wessex’?
(a) The region in which Hardy's novels are set
(b) The region in which Hardy's poems are set
(c) The region in which Hardy's dramas are set
(d) The region in which Hardy's lyrics are set

16. George Eliot's novel Romola is a:
 (a) Political novel
(b) Historical novel
(c) Religious novel
(d) Philosophic novel

17. 'George Eliot' was the pen-name of:
 (a) Maria Evans
(b) Mariana Evans
(c) Mari Evans
(d) Marian Evans

18. Charles Dickens left one novel unfinished. Which is it?
(a) A tale of two cities
(b) David Copperfield
(c) Vanity Fair
(d) Edwin Drood

19. Josiah is the character of the novel:
(a) A tale of two cities
(b) David Copperfield
(c) Vanity Fair
(d) Hard Times

20. Tennyson was appointed Poet - Laureate after:
 (a) William Wordsworth
(b) Tennyson
(c) Arnold
(d) Robert Browning

       B. Answer any  two of the following questions.  Marks - 5X2 = 10
1. “My ride is better than their ride” – explain.
2.” Fail alone I ........who succeeds” – Who is the speaker? Why does the speaker think so?
3. How has Thomas Hardy depicted nature in the poem “The Darkling Thrush”?
4. Discuss the optimistic aspect of the bird in “The Darkling Thrush”?

  C. Answer any one of the following questions.  Marks - 10X1 = 10
1. Discuss “The Last Ride Together” as a dramatic monologue.
2. How does Hardy interwoven pessimism and optimism in “The Darkling Thrush”?

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