Starter quiz
- What century was 1843 in?
- 17th
- 18th
- 19th ✓
- 20th
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- What do we call the era between 1837 and 1901?
- Edwardian era
- Jacobean era
- Elizabethan era
- Victorian era ✓
- Medieval era
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- Which law was reformed in 1843 to tackle poverty in England?
- The Homelessness Law
- The Beggar Law
- The Poor Law ✓
- The Workhouse Law
- The Treadmill Law
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- According to the 1834 Poor Law, who had to go to the Workhouse?
- any poor person
- poor people deemed fit enough to work ✓
- criminals
- poor people deemed not fit enough to work
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- What might the preface of a book be?
- An afterword from the author that comes at the end
- The small section of text on the back of a book that states what it is about
- An introduction to the book that comes at the beginning ✓
- A brief account of the author's life
- Who the writer has dedicated their book to
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- Which of the following is an example of pathetic fallacy?
- "He was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone."
- "Foul weather didn’t know where to have him."
- "It was cold, bleak, biting weather: foggy withal." ✓
- "The city clocks had only just gone three."
- "It was quite dark already—it had not been light all day." ✓
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