A. remained constant.
B. fell from 375,00 to barely 100,000.
C. doubled from 60,000 to 120,000.
D. doubled from 600,000 to 1,200,000
Related Mcqs:
- By 1890, what percentage of the earth’s population was subject to Queen Victoria ?
A. 1%
B. 10%
C. 15%
D. 25% - Elizabethan England was largely rural, with the majority of its population living in the verdant countryside. Towns and cities, however, were growing–and the most prominent of all was London. While Londoners were considered wealthy and arrogant, the city was begrimed, filthy, and infested with vermin. Where did people primarily dispose of their trash and wastes ?
A. Dump sites in the nearby country
B. The streets
C. The underground drains
D. Designated “trash” areas - Expressed in Elizabethan poetry as well as court rituals and events, a cult of_________formed around Elizabeth and dictated the nature of relations between herself and her court ?
A. ignominy
B. unwarranted abuse
C. odium
D. love - Which of the following phrases best characterizes the late-nineteenth century aesthetic movement which widened the breach between artists and the reading public, sowing the seeds of modernism ?
A. art for intellect’s sake
B. art for God’s sake
C. art for the masses
D. art for art’s sake - What word did writers in this period use to express quickness of mind, inventiveness,a knack for conceiving images and metaphors and for perceiving resemblances between things apparently unlike ?
A. wit
B. sprezzatura
C. naturalism
D. gusto - In the late seventeenth century, a “battle of the books” erupted between which two groups ?
A. abolitionists and enthusiasts for slavery
B. round-earthers and flat-earthers
C. the Welsh and the Scots
D. champions of ancient and modern learning - In the late seventeenth century, a \battle of the books\erupted between which two groups ?
A. abolitionists and enthusiasts for slavery
B. round-earthers and flat-earthers
C. the Welsh and the Scots
D. champions of ancient and modern learning - Which poet, critic and translator brought England a modern literature between 1660 and 1700 ?
A. Addison
B. Bunyan
C. Crabbe
D. Dryden - What was the relationship between Victorian poets and the Romantics ?
A. The Romantics remained largely forgotten until their rediscovery by T. S. Eliot in the 1920s.
B. The Victorians were disgusted by the immorality and narcissism of the Romantics.
C. The Romantics were seen as gifted but crude artists belonging to a distant, semi barbarous age.
D. The Victorians were strongly influenced by the Romantics and experienced a sense of belatedness. - What was the relationship between Victorian poets and the Romantics ?
A. The Romantics remained largely forgotten until their rediscovery by T. S. Eliot in the 1920s.
B. The Victorians were disgusted by the immorality and narcissism of the Romantics.
C. The Romantics were seen as gifted but crude artists belonging to a distant, semibarbarous age.
D. The Victorians were strongly influenced by the Romantics and experienced a sense of belatedness.
