During the 19th century, the term “middle class” described people who were______________?

Related Mcqs:

1. In what way does the Gothic novel of the 18th century differ from the modern English novel that began to emerge in the 17th century and flourished in the 18th century ?

   A. The focus on the middle and working classes
   B. The consideration of the sensibilities of the protagonists
   C. Plots taken from everyday life
   D. The exploration of cultural taboos

2. Which of the following characters from “The Canterbury Tales” might represent the rising middle class of the 14th century ?

   A. The merchant
   B. The knight
   C. The prioress
   D. The plowman

3. Yahoo’s according to Gulliver were______________?

   A. European
   B. Indians
   C. American
   D. None of these

4. Which Romantic poet died relatively unknown but would become famous posthumously, in the 19th century ?

   A. William Blake
   B. Lord Byron
   C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
   D. William Wordsworth

5. In the Middle Ages, which class of people was most likely to be literate ?

   A. monks
   B. working class women
   C. working class men
   D. peasants

6. A work of literary criticism that considers how social and economic power structures are depicted in a 19th-century English novel would be an example of which type of literary criticism ?

   A. Marxist criticism
   B. Reader-response criticism
   C. Psychoanalytic criticism
   D. New Criticism

7. According to Dr. Michael Webster in his essay, “Poetic Modes in the late 19th and early 20th Century,” which of the following is NOT a poetic mode of this time period ?

   A. Genteel
   B. Symbolist
   C. Impressionist
   D. Decadent

8. Which of the following is a 19th century woman novelist?

   A. Emily Dickinson
   B. Ezra Pound
   C. Virginia Woolf
   D. George Eliot

   Submitted by: Rashid Mehmood

9. The turbulent years of the 14th century witnessed a blending of language and culture that led to the rise of Middle English. Which of the following events led to the nickname “the era of catastrophes” ?

   A. The Hundred Years War
   B. The Great Schism
   C. The Black Plague
   D. All of these answers

10. Which city became the perceived center of Western civilization by the middle of the nineteenth century?

    A. Paris
    B. Tokyo
    C. London
    D. Amsterdam