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U8 L9 Victorian Variety Flashcards

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1
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When did the ‘Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations’ occur?

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1851

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Where did the ‘Great exhibition’ take place?

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London’s Crystal Palace

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3
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Why did the ‘Great Exhibition’ take place?

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tribute progress from Industrial Revolution

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4
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What was Charles Dicken’s novel ‘Hard Times’ about?

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evils brought by industrial progress

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5
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What was the major Victorian principle?

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practical

-hard work was an honorable means of success

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6
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How was England prosperous in the 19th century?

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  • long peace

- greatest commercial empire (expanded)

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What was the field that gave major contributions to the Victorian golden age?

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science

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8
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What did inventions and intellectual developments revolutionize?

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  • industry
  • medicine
  • communication
  • transportation
  • traditional philosophies and beliefs
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9
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Did some scientific theories lead to confusion among common people?

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yes

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10
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Many sincere people believed they only had what 3 alternatives?

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  • live in doubt
  • reject science
  • abandon faith
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11
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How did the first and second half of the Victorian Age differ?

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1- progress, peace, confidence, optimism

2- doubt

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12
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Reforms in 19th cent England came slowly or quickly?

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slowly

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13
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The social and economic ills of Victorian Eng were rooted in what?

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political poverty

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14
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Did the lower class have the right to vote?

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no

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15
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The Victorian Era is characterized by political conflicts between which 2 parties?

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  • liberal Whig

- conservative Tory

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When did Parliament extend franchise to urban laborers and agricultural workers?

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U- 1867

A-1885

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17
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Which church gave little aid to people’s spirituality?

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Anglican

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18
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The Anglican Church seemed to be dominated by what?

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Eng Govt

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What were the small religious groups that struggled to keep faith alive in England?

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  • followers of Wesley’s Methodism
  • Fundamentalists
  • Oxford Movement
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20
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Who are the leaders of the Oxford MOvement?

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  • EB Pusey
  • John Keeble
  • John Henry Newman
21
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What did the Oxford movement try to do?

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  • reinforce early Christianity doctrine

- restore Anglican Church to original spiritual leadership

22
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When did England establish itself as a democarcy?

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1911

23
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The Victorian Age of Variety and contrasts demanded what?

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prudence

24
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What does prudence mean?

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  • ability to judge soundly

- act sensibly

25
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When did Queen Victoria succeed the throne?

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18

26
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How long did Queen Victoria rule?

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64 years

27
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As a child, what virtues were imbued on Victoria?

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  • piety

- proper social conduct

28
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Victoria was the mother of how many children?

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9

29
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Why did Victoria’s subjects respect her?

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  • capable sovereign

- dedicated wife and mother

30
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The Victorian writers were ()

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contemporary

31
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Victorians looked to the () rather than the past, and sought ways to ()

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  • present

- comment on and improve it

32
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What are the characteristics of the typical Victorian writer?

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  • realistic
  • objective
  • didactic
  • moralistic
  • purposeful

RODMP

33
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what does didactic mean?

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intended to teach

34
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What does imbue mean?

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fill mind, inspire

35
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The Romantic Age was an age of () while the Victorian Age was an age of ()

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  • poetry

- prose

36
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How were Victorian essayists different?

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  • personality
  • backgrounds
  • subjects
  • styles

PBSS

37
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How were Victorian essayists similar in their goal?

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analyze and help solve problems of their day

38
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What was the dominant literary form of the Victorian Age considered to be?

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novel

39
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Was the public able to easily access novels in the 19th century?

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yes

40
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What are some of Charles Dickens’ work?

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  • Oliver Twist
  • David Copperfield
  • Great Expectations
  • A Tale of Two Cities
41
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How was William Makepeace Thackeray similar and different to Dickens?

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S-purpose

D- approach

42
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Where did Thackeray draw his subjects from?

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  • middle class

- expose their hypocrisies and inequalities

43
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What are some of Thackeray’s well known works?

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  • Vanity Fair

- A Novel without a Hero

44
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What was the pen name Mary Ann Evans wrote under?

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George Eliot

45
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What are Mary Ann Evans/George Eliot’s well known works?

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  • Adam Bede
  • Mill on the Floss
  • Silas Marner
46
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Who do the Bronte Sisters consist of and what are their well known works?

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  • Emily (Wuthering Heights)
  • Anne
  • Charlotte (Jane Eyre)
47
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Poets of the Victorian Age frequently experienced what? why?

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  • identity problem
  • not confident fulfill roles
  • isolated form society they were supposed to improve
48
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Victorian poetry is characterized by the development of what?

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  • symbols
  • dramatic monologue
  • interest in tragedy
  • Romantic interest in nature and mdieval
49
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Victorian poetry depends on themes related to which contemporary subjects?

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  • sciences
  • technology
  • religion
  • reform

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