| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Which Bronte sister wrote 'Wuthering Heights': Charlotte, Anne or Emily? | Emily | 94%
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| In what Charles Dickens novel does the young protagonist, Pip, meet an old woman who is locked away in her old house wearing her wedding dress? | Great Expectations | 90%
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| Queen Victoria ruled from 1837 to what year? | 1901 | 81%
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| Percy Shelley, a famous poet of the Romantic Period, was the husband of which famous Victorian writer who wrote 'Frankenstein'? | Mary Shelley | 79%
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| Which infamous murderer targeted the women of poor areas of London in 1888 and was never caught? | Jack the Ripper | 77%
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| Henrik Ibsen's controversial play 'A Doll's House' featured what gender causing a scandal by walking out on their spouse? | A woman | 64%
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| Christmas is a frequent theme in Victorian literature. Which famous Victorian man famously brought the Christmas tree over from Germany and introduced it to English culture? | Prince Albert | 50%
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| Which famous Victorian author detailed their views on crime and punishment in a letter to a newspaper when he was aged 22? | Charles Dickens | 47%
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| Nancy is killed by which villan in Dickens' novel 'Oliver Twist'? | Bill Sykes | 37%
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| Oscar Wilde comments on the ridiculousness of Victorian society in which satirical play, published towards the end of his life? | The Importance of Being Earnest | 34%
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| 'The Lotos-Eaters' and 'Morte De Arthur' are both famous poems by which Victorian poet? | Alfred Lord Tennyson | 33%
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| What is the name of the 'all-seeing' narrator in 'Wuthering Heights'? | Ellen Dean | 13%
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| The British Empire ruled over a large amount of world during the Victorian empire. In his autobiography, which famous Victorian explorer and supporter of the empire suggested that the empire was the product of God's wishes? | Cecil Rhodes | 8%
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| Which Thomas Hardy poem featured a unnamed narrator on New Year's Eve 1899 reflecting on the changes to society over the last century? | The Darkling Thrush | 2%
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| Which Christina Rossetti poem documents the journey of a Christian to heaven in the form of a conversation between two people? | Up-Hill | 1%
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