Victorian Lit Terms Quiz

A poem in which a speaker reveals their thoughts to a silent listener.

• Sensationalism

• Foil

• Dramatic Monologue

• Dualism

A character who contrasts another, enhancing key traits.

• Dramatic Irony

• Foil

• Pseudonym

• Hedonism

A novel of formation or coming-of-age story, common in Victorian fiction.

• Bildungsroman

• Dualism

• Serialization

• Dramatic Monologue

A recurring character type representing women who defy Victorian moral codes and suffer consequences.

• Fallen Woman Trope

• Dramatic Irony

• In Medias Res

• Hedonism

The publication of a literary work in sequential installments, which shaped pacing and plot structure in many Victorian novels.

• Dualism

• Serialization

• Sensationalism

• Pseudonym

A situation in which the audience knows something the characters do not, often used in satire and melodrama.

• Dramatic Irony

• In Medias Res

• Dramatic Monologue

• Sensationalism

A fictitious name used by writers, often adopted by women to gain publishing access.

• Foil

• Hedonism

• Dualism

• Pseudonym

A literary approach that uses shocking, scandalous, or emotionally charged content to captivate readers.

• Dramatic Irony

• Sensationalism

• Fallen Woman Trope

• Bildungsroman

Beginning a narrative in the middle of the action, used to immediately engage the reader.

• In Medias Res

• Pseudonym

• Dramatic Monologue

• Foil

The presentation of two opposing forces or aspects (e.g., good vs. evil, public vs. private self), often central to Gothic and psychological Victorian texts.

• Hedonism

• Sensationalism

• Dualism

• Foil