Which event did not occur as part of the rise of the British Empire under Queen Victoria ?

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1. Which event did not occur as part of the rise of the British Empire under Queen Victoria ?

   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.

2. Queen Victoria succeeded to the throne of England after_____________?

   A. George IV
   B. George III
   C. William IV
   D. Edward VII

3. The Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria’s reign was celebrated in______________?

   A. 1842
   B. 1837
   C. 1871
   D. 1859

4. By 1890, what percentage of the earth’s population was subject to Queen Victoria ?

   A. 1%
   B. 10%
   C. 15%
   D. 25%

5. Queen Victoria became the Empress of India in_____________?

   A. 1843
   B. 1854
   C. 1892
   D. 1876

6. Identify the poet, whom Queen Victoria, regarded as the perfect poet of ‘love and loss’ ?

   A. Tennyson
   B. Browning
   C. Swinburne
   D. D.G. Rossetti

7. Which of the following directives was part of Queen Victoria’s moral crusade ?

   A. There should be more missionary work in less civilized parts of the world.
   B. Concerts in the parks that were attended by ordinary people should be banned.
   C. Civil servants should talk more openly and publicly about their moral work.
   D. Members of the Jewish and Catholic faiths should be excluded from public office.

8. Which poem of Tennyson was particularly like by Queen Victoria ?

   A. The Idylls of the kings
   B. Charge of the Light Brigade
   C. In Memoriam
   D. None of these

9. Who became a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I and was knighted and appointed captain of the Queen’s Guard in 1587 ?

   A. Sir Thomas More
   B. Sir Walter Raleigh
   C. Sir Philip Sidney
   D. Sir William Shakespeare

10. Which cultural event(s) led to the rise of Modernism ?

    A. the spread of Freud’s theories
    B. the increased pace of everyday life
    C. the controversy over traditional ideas of certainty and morality
    D. All of the Above