Victorian Age:
1. Q: Which period does Victorian literature refer to?
Answer: Queen Victoria's reign (1837-1901).
2. Question: What is considered as 19th century?
Answer: As the Golden Age of English Literature.
3. Question: Which literary style became dominant during the Victorian era?
Answer: Novel.
4. Question: How many new novels were published each year at the end of this era?
Answer: 1000.
5. Q: Name some famous novelists of Victorian era.
Answer: Charles Dickens, Brontë sisters, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy.
6. Question: What did Victorian writers focus on compared to the Romantic era?
Answer: Social problems.
7. Question: Which aspect of industrial revolution did Thomas Carlyle highlight?
Answer: Inhuman influence.
8. Question: What did Elizabeth Barrett Browning write about successfully?
Answer: Child Labour.
9. Question: What are the names of two famous poets of Victorian England?
Answer: Robert Browning and Alfred Tennyson.
10. Question: What type of literature became prominent in the late 19th century?
Answer: Drama.
11. Question: What kind of changes does English literature reflect during the Victorian era?
Answer: Scientific, economic, technological progress and changing role of religion.
12. Question: How did Charles Dickens highlight social problems?
Answer: Using humor and simple language.
13. Question: What questions did Thomas Hardy raise in his novel?
Answer: Religion and Social Structure.
14. Question: Why did women writers use male pseudonyms?
Answer: To succeed in the male-dominated literary world.
15. Question: What was George Eliot's real name?
Answer: Mary Ann Evans.
16. Question: How many new novels were published each year in the early Victorian era?
Answer: 100.
17. Question: What did Thomas Carlyle call the era of industrial revolution?
Answer: "Mechanical Age".
18. Question: Which type of dramatists made significant contributions during the late Victorian era?
Answer: Gilbert & Sullivan, George Bernard Shaw, and Oscar Wilde.
19. Question: Which social problem was often mentioned in Victorian literature?
Answer: Wealth inequality.
20. Q: Which branches of literature were prominent in the Victorian era?
Answer: Novels, poems and plays.
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