Lesson 3.2.7

3.2.7 The Victorians (The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse) Quiz: Pearson Edexcel English Literature, Unit 3

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The 20 questions

  1. Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote 'In Memoriam A.H.H.' as an elegy for which friend?

    • Arthur Hugh Clough
    • Arthur Henry Hallam
    • Edward King
    • John Keats

  2. What metre is used in the ABBA quatrains of Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'?

    • Iambic pentameter
    • Trochaic tetrameter
    • Anapestic trimeter
    • Iambic tetrameter

  3. Which poetic form is Tennyson's 'Maud', spoken by a single, emotionally unstable narrator?

    • Petrarchan sonnet
    • Ballad
    • Dramatic monologue
    • Epic poem

  4. In Browning's 'My Last Duchess', what noble title is held by the speaker?

    • Duke
    • Earl
    • Baron
    • Count

  5. Which poetic form is Robert Browning's 'My Last Duchess'?

    • Dramatic monologue
    • Elegy
    • Ode
    • Sonnet

  6. Which poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning begins 'Let the world's sharpness, like a closing knife'?

    • Sonnet I
    • Sonnet XIV
    • Sonnet XXIV
    • Sonnet XLIII

  7. On which specific date did Thomas Hardy set his poem 'The Darkling Thrush'?

    • 31 December 1901
    • 1 January 1900
    • 31 December 1900
    • 31 December 1899

  8. In 'Home-Thoughts, from Abroad', which month in England does Robert Browning long for?

    • March
    • May
    • April
    • June

  9. In Thomas Hardy's 'Drummer Hodge', in which conflict was the young soldier killed?

    • The Boer War
    • World War I
    • The Crimean War
    • The Peninsular War

  10. What literary device occurs when the Duke in 'My Last Duchess' unintentionally reveals his cruelty?

    • Dramatic irony
    • Hyperbole
    • Oxymoron
    • Pathos

  11. In which year did the reign of Queen Victoria begin?

    • 1901
    • 1837
    • 1811
    • 1851

  12. Who edited 'The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse' prescribed for Pearson A level English?

    • Isobel Armstrong
    • Christopher Ricks
    • Seamus Heaney
    • Carol Ann Duffy

  13. Which poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson features the line 'Come into the garden, Maud'?

    • Ulysses
    • Maud
    • In Memoriam
    • The Princess

  14. What emotion's gradual progression over three years does Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' explore?

    • Ambition
    • Grief
    • Jealousy
    • Patriotism

  15. Which key Victorian tension arose from rapid scientific advancement?

    • Wealth and poverty
    • Monarchy and republic
    • Nature and industry
    • Faith and doubt

  16. In Browning's 'My Last Duchess', what trait does the Duke reveal through his control of her portrait?

    • Altruism
    • Possessiveness
    • Humility
    • Remorse

  17. What rhyme scheme is used in Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' stanza?

    • ABCB
    • ABBA
    • AABB
    • ABAB

  18. In Hardy's 'The Darkling Thrush', what does the thrush's song unexpectedly inspire?

    • Violent anger
    • Patriotic pride
    • Deep despair
    • Tentative hope

  19. In which year was Jane Eyre first published?

    • 1837
    • 1857
    • 1867
    • 1847

  20. Who wrote 'Love in a Life' in the prescribed list?

    • Christina Rossetti
    • Thomas Hardy
    • Robert Browning
    • Emily Brontë

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