Victorian Literature and Culture Quiz 1 (4b)

1. Name one invention of the Victorian time period.

2. Describe the Victorian New Woman. How did she behave?

How did she dress? (2 marks)

3. Define one of the following terms: Hedonism, paradox, or

liminal space.

4. Identify and explain one symbol from either Jekyll and Hyde
or Dorian Gray. (2 marks)

5. What is a bildungsroman and why was it so important to

Victorian literature—ie. what was the bildungsroman’s
purpose? (2 marks)

6. Identify and explain any one convention of gothic literature.

(2 marks)