Many Victorian writers used the term plague wind to describe what we now reer to as-
A economic depression
B smog
C epidemic
D hurricane
By the end of the nineteenth century, many writers, finding it difficult to believe in an infinite power, became-
A trusting
B optimistic
C skeptical
D patriotic
Late Victorian literature, such as the work of Thomas Hardy and A. E. Housman, focused on-
A admiration for literary devices and classical allusions
B human troubles in an indifferent world
C the experience of transcendent joy in nature
D emigration and fantasy as escapes from misery
Many Victorian writers hoped that their work would-
A eliminate poverty
B raise doubts about materialism
C create new styles of comedy
D reestablish Romantic ideals
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