Victorian Era Background Quiz

Which of the following characterized the Victorian Era?

• Social equality

• Clean water projects

• Medical improvements

• Less government intervention

How did childhood begin to improve in the 1840s?

• Public education only cost a penny a week so it was affordable.

• Public education was free for everyone.

• Children began to make more money in the factories.

• Children were prohibited from working in places like chimney stacks and mines.

Which of the following was a benefit of the Industrial Revolution?

• Bigger cities

• Leisure time

• Poverty

• Better housing

Which of the follower were effects of the Industrial Revolution? Select all that apply.

• Pollution

• Improved quality of life for the lower classes

• Over-populated cities

• Improved farming techniques that afforded enough food for everyone.

Select the two authors that fall into the Victorian time period.

• JK Rowling

• Jane Austen

• Charles Dickens

• Charlotte Brontë

What helped reduce the death rate in Victorian England?

• Chloroform

• Boiling medical equipment

• Better medical schools

• Higher quality medical care

The occupation of a lawyer would fall into the aristocratic social class.

• True

• False

Women had a variety of occupations to choose from.

• True

• False

After whom is the Victorian Era named?

• The heiress to the throne

• An aristocratic woman

• The style of houses that were built

• Queen Victoria

What year did the Victorian Era begin?

• 1841

• 1851

• 1837

• 1839