Oliver Twist - Context

Where was the Great Exhibition held in 1851?

• Buckingham Palace

• Wembley Stadium

• Crystal Palace

• The National Gallery

In what year was compulsory education for five- to ten-year-olds introduced?

• 1801

• 1901

• 1988

• 1880

What were the three main subjects taught in schools in Victorian England?

• English, Science and Maths

• Reading, Writing and Arithmetic

• Business Studies, PT and DT

What was the name of Charles Darwin’s book that introduced the theory of evolution?

• On The Origin of the Species

• The Origins of Man

• The Flat Earth Theory

• The Development of Mankind

Who Invented the telephone in 1876?

• Charles Darwin

• Charles Dickens

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Charles Babbage

In 1889, what proportion of London's population did Charles Booth find were living in poverty?

• Half

• A fifth

• A third

• A third

Who came up with the germ theory of disease?

• Louis Pasteur

• Joseph Bazalgette

• Joseph Lister

• Joseph Stalin

What is a Penny Farthing?

• A form of currency

• A legal document used as a warrant

• An early credit card system

• A bicycle

By the time of Queen Victoria’s death in 1901, what proportion of the world’s population were British subjects?

• A fifth

• A seventh

• A quarter

• Half

What were the institutions called that housed and employed poor people during the Victorian era? This is where Oliver Twist moves to after leaving the orphanage.

• Poorhouses

• Down and out houses

• Workhouses