A Literature of Their Own - Chapter 6 Quiz

What is the name of Mary E. Braddon's novel mentioned as an example of a sensation novel?

Question Answer Choices Jane Eyre. Lady Audley's Secret. Wuthering Heights. Pride and Prejudice.

What did the sensationalist writers record in their novels?

Question Answer Choices Their happiness, joy, and contentment. Their dreams, aspirations, and ambitions. Their travels, adventures, and discoveries. Their disillusion, frustration, anger, and murderous feelings.

What did many middle-class women in the 1800s find fascinating and follow with great interest?

Question Answer Choices Court cases of female defendants. Fashion trends and clothing designs. Scientific discoveries and inventions. Political debates and elections.

What was Mrs. Henry Wood's best seller that deals with a miserable wife who leaves her husband and children?

Question Answer Choices Middlemarch. North and South. East Lynne. Vanity Fair.

Why did some critics worry about sensational novels?

Question Answer Choices They believed the novels would lead to a decline in literary quality. They thought the novels promoted unrealistic romantic ideals. They thought the novels would give women too many ideas about domestic rebellion and murder. They believed the novels were too difficult to understand.

What type of novels did Mary E. Braddon write?

Question Answer Choices Sensation novels. Gothic novels. Historical novels. Romantic novels.

What did the sensationalist novels of the 1800s express more directly than previous works?

Question Answer Choices Romantic ideals and courtship rituals. The beauty of nature and pastoral life. The importance of family and domestic life. Female anger, frustration, and sexual energy.

What did the heroines of sensation novels often express toward men?

Question Answer Choices Indifference. Hostility. Admiration. Compassion.

What was a primary theme for sensation fiction in the 1800s?

Question Answer Choices Romantic love and the idealization of marriage. The exploration of scientific and technological advancements. The struggle for women's voting rights. Self-assertion and independence from the tedium and injustice of the feminine role in marriage and the family.

What did Mrs. Henry Wood write to find release from?

Question Answer Choices Her financial troubles. Her fear of public speaking. Her illness and dissatisfaction. Her lack of inspiration.