quiz on charles dickens
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QUIZ ON CHARLES DICKENS 1. In which country was Charles Dickens born? a. England b. Scotland c. Wales 2. Where is Charles Dickens buried? a. In Westminster Abbey b. In Portsmouth d. Ireland c. In Canterbury Cathedral d. In Edinburgh 3. Why was Charles Dickens’s father sent to jail when Charles was 12? a. for petty theft b. for debt c. for murder d. for burglary 4. Which of the following books is autobiographical? a. David Copperfield c. Our mutual Friend b. Little Dorrit d. A Christmas Carol 5. Which of the following novels WAS written by Charles Dickens? a. Little Women c. The Great Gatsby b. The Scarlet Letter d. The Pickwick Papers 6. Which two cities are portrayed in Dickens’s novel “A Tale of Two Cities”? a. London and Edinburgh c. London and Paris b. London and York d. London and Rome 7. Where does Oliver Twist grow up? a. In an orphanage b. In a jail c. on the streets of London d. In a mansion 8. Which of Charles Dickens’s novels was turned into both a musical and a Disney cartoon? a. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table b. Oliver Twist c. Treasure Island d. Jungle Book 9. In which of the following novels can you read the following sentences: “Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery.” a. David Copperfield c. Great Expectations b. Hard Times d. The Old Curiosity Shop 10. Dickens’s work has often been praised for its… a. romanticism b. lyricism c. realism d. surrealism 11. Charles Dickens is usually considered the greatest writer of the… a. Edwardian period c. Victorian period b. Elizabethan Age d. Tudor period QUIZ ON CHARLES DICKENS 1. In which country was Charles Dickens born? a. England b. Scotland c. Wales 2. Where is Charles Dickens buried? a. In Westminster Abbey b. In Portsmouth d. Ireland c. In Canterbury Cathedral d. In Edinburgh 3. Why was Charles Dickens’s father sent to jail when Charles was 12? a. for petty theft b. for debt c. for murder d. for burglary 4. Which of the following books is autobiographical? a. David Copperfield c. Our mutual Friend b. Little Dorrit d. A Christmas Carol 5. Which of the following novels WAS written by Charles Dickens? a. Little Women c. The Great Gatsby b. The Scarlet Letter d. The Pickwick Papers 6. Which two cities are portrayed in Dickens’s novel “A Tale of Two Cities”? a. London and Edinburgh c. London and Paris b. London and York d. London and Rome 7. Where does Oliver Twist grow up? a. In an orphanage b. In a jail c. on the streets of London d. In a mansion 8. Which of Charles Dickens’s novels was turned into both a musical and a Disney cartoon? a. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table b. Oliver Twist c. Treasure Island d. Jungle Book 9. In which of the following novels can you read the following sentences: “Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery.” a. David Copperfield c. Great Expectations b. Hard Times d. The Old Curiosity Shop 10. Dickens’s work has often been praised for its… a. romanticism b. lyricism c. realism d. surrealism 11. Charles Dickens is usually considered the greatest writer of the… a. Edwardian period c. Victorian period b. Elizabethan Age d. Tudor period
