A. studied melancholy and aestheticism
B. sincere earnestness and Protestant zeal
C. raucous celebration mixed with selfcongratulatory sophistication
D. paranoid introspection and cryptic dissent
Victorian Age
Victorian Age
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
A. Between 1853 and 1880, 2,466,000 emigrants left Britain, many bound for the colonies.
B. In 1876, Queen Victoria was named empress of India
C. To save costs and maximize profits, the day-to-day government of India was transferred from Parliament to the private East India Company.
D. From 1830 to 1870, the sum total of investments abroad by British capitalists had risen from £ 300 billion to £ 800 billion.
A. Between 1853 and 1880, 2,466,000 emigrants left Britain, many bound for the colonies.
B. In 1876, Queen Victoria was named empress of India.
C. To save costs and maximize profits, the day-to-day government of India was transferred from Parliament to the private East India Company.
D. From 1830 to 1870, the sum total of investments abroad by British capitalists had risen from £300 billion to £800 billion.
A. Anthony Trollope
B. Charles Dickens
C. John Ruskin
D. Friedrich Engels
A. Coleridge
B. Eliot
C. Tennyson
D. Keats
A. Contemporary literary criticism
B. Art and Literature
C. Theology
D. Social changes in the Victorian Age
A. Britain’s manifest destiny to colonize the world
B. the moral responsibility to bring civilization and Christianity to the peoples of the world
C. the British need to improve technology and transportation in other parts of the world
D. the importance of solving economic and social problems in England before tackling the world’s problems
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
A. Dombey and Son
B. Little Dorrit
C. Our Mutual Friend
D. Edwin Drood