Unseen Prose Context 1880-1910

Question 1

1900 - what was the fin de siècle?

Answer 1

the turn of the century - cultural changes and scientific discoveries, as well as a slight sense of doom

Question 2

when was the victorian period?

Answer 2

1837-1901

Question 3

when was the Edwardian period?

Answer 3

1901-1910

Question 4

when was first wave feminism?

Answer 4

1848-1920

Question 5

what were the main objectives of first wave feminism?

Answer 5

resolve legal issues; right to vote, women recognised at people and not property

Question 6

when did education become compulsory for children under 10?

Answer 6

1880

Question 7

1910 - when the suffragettes went on hunger strike what did the authorities do?

Answer 7

force-feed them

Question 8

when was jack the ripper around?

Answer 8

1988

Question 9

what was late-victorian London like?

Answer 9

crime, overcrowding, poverty - disorientating fog and a labyrinth of streets

Question 10

when was the second Boer war?

Answer 10

1899-1902

Question 11

why did the Boer war happen?

Answer 11

opposition to Britain’s control over South Africa

Question 12

how did Britain win the second Boer war?

Answer 12

due to aggressive tactics that lead to the deaths of 100,000 Boer civilians

Question 13

(hysteria treatment) - what was the rest cure

Answer 13

6-8 weeks of rest and isolation with not intellectual or creative stimulation

Question 14

1884 - what was the scramble for Africa

Answer 14

European powers held a conference to discuss dividing Africa between them, not involving African leaders

Question 15

when did Maxim invent the machine gun

Answer 15

1884

Question 16

1884 - give reasons for the scramble

Answer 16

• converting others to christianity
• exploitation of resources and minerals
• explorers; such as Livingstone and Stanley

Question 17

when did WW1 start

Answer 17

1914

Question 18

when was Albert Einstein’s special theory of relativity published

Answer 18

1905

Question 19

when was the decadent movement

Answer 19

late 19th century

Question 20

what was the decadent movement

Answer 20

an exploration of darker aspects of humanity; involving crude humour, self-disgust, general scepticism

Question 21

1892 - what book did Max Nordau write

Answer 21

Degeneration, detailing a general deterioration of the human species

Question 22

1859 - how did people receive Darwin’s theory of evolution

Answer 22

there were fears of devolution, cartoons depicting Darwin as an ape were seen in newspapers

Question 23

when was Oscar Wilde’s very public trial

Answer 23

1895

Question 24

what was the mal de siècle

Answer 24

a feeling of melancholy and aristocratic boredom leading to apathy and a sense of world-weariness

Question 25

When was Jekyll and Hyde published

Answer 25

1886

Question 26

When did Nietzsche publish quote god is dead

Answer 26

1882