III. Complete the following sentences:

1. Victoria was taught…

2. The Whigs were sympathetic to…

3. The Tories were concerned with…

4. The Queen refused to allow the Tory leader … to …

5. Albert was … and he …

6. Victoria never truly recovered from…

7. Victoria was impressed by Benjamin Disraeli because…

8. Ewart Gladstone impressed Victoria as…

9. Victoria expected the marriage of her eldest daughter to Prince Frederick to …

10. Victoria was important because…

IV. Supply the dates corresponding to the following events:

1. Queen Victoria was born.

2. Victoria became Queen.

3. Viscount Melbourne had to give up his post.

4. Victoria had to accept Sir Robert Peel as prime minister.

5. Victoria and Albert wanted to abolish the Corn Laws.

6. Henry John Temple was dismissed from his post as foreign secretary on the

royal initiative.

7. Victoria appointed Palmerston as wartime prime minister (during the Crimean

War).

8. The Queen’s popularity rose and she returned to the public arena.

9. Victoria became the popular symbol of dutiful public service.

10. Victoria’s private journals were published. They helped to ennoble her in the

eyes of her subjects.

V. Choose the correct variant.

1. Victoria’s reign was…

1. the longest;

2. the shortest;

3. as long as Queen Anne’s.

2. Victoria was the official head of state of…

1. Great Britain;

2. the United Kingdom;

3. the British Empire.

3. Victoria became Queen when she was…

1. 17;

2. 18;

3. 19.

4. In 1839 Victoria fell in love with…

1. Sir Robert Peel;

2. Prince Albert;

3. William Lamb.

5. Albert served as the Chancellor of the…

1. University of Yale;

2. University of Oxford;

3. University of Cambridge.

6. The Queen introduced … as the highest British award

1. the Victorian Star;

2. the Victorian Cross;

3. the Victorian Award.

7. During the last 15 years of Victoria’s reign … dominated the British government.

1. the Republicans;

2. the Conservatives;

3. the Liberals.

8. The name of Victoria’s eldest daughter was:

1. Anne;

2. Elizabeth;

3. Victoria.

9. In 1887 Victoria celebrated her …

1. Diamond Jubilee;

2. Golden Jubilee;

3. Silver Jubilee.

10. Queen Victoria reigned for:

1. 61 years;

2. 62 years;

3. 63 years.

VI. Solve the crossword.

Across:

3. Upon whose death did Victoria ascend the throne? 5. What country was Victoria named empress of in 1878? 8. What was the name of Prime Minister Victoria worked with? 9. Name the mother country of the Prince Victoria married to. 10. What was the name of Victoria’s father?

Down:

1. What event made Victoria go out of her seclusion? 2. Her reign was the longest in the English history. 4. How many children did Victoria have? 6. What was the name of Victoria’s husband? 7. Victoria was the first English monarch to visit this country since the coronation of Henry VI. What country is it?

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VII. Search the text for the information about each person mentioned below. Determine their roles in the development of the country during the Victorian era.

Prince Leopold.

Prince Albert.

Benjamin Disraeli.

Sir Robert Peel.

Henry John Temple.

Ewart Gladstone.

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil