This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Charles Dickens > Charles Dickens – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Charles Dickens Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When he was 12 his life ..... A) Changed. B) Changes. C) Cut. D) Changing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Changed. 2. Where was Dickens born? A) London, England. B) Portsmouth, England. C) Edinburgh, Scotland. D) Cardiff, Wales. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Portsmouth, England. 3. During Victorian England, ..... (Choose the answer which is NOT correct) A) People were very poor. B) There was no problem with money. C) Young children had to work long hours. D) Some people had no food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There was no problem with money. 4. What does "Dickensian" mean? A) Written by Charles Dickens. B) Writing that sounds like Charles Dickens's writing. C) Resembling the conditions described in Dickens's stories. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resembling the conditions described in Dickens's stories. 5. "David Copperfield, " which contains scenes set in debtors' prison, is Dickens's most autobiographical novel. What does that mean? A) It was Dickens's most popular novel. B) Dickens drew on his own experiences in writing it. C) It has very little in common with Dickens's other novels. D) It contains dreamlike imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dickens drew on his own experiences in writing it. 6. What inspired Dickens to write A Christmas Carol? A) Poor children. B) Rich children. C) Middle class children. D) The elderly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poor children. 7. What is the relationship between 'A Christmas Carol' and how Christmas is celebrated? A) 'A Christmas Carol' was based on small Christmas celebrations and getting people to think about themselves. B) 'A Christmas Carol' made Christmas into a major holiday when people start to think more about helping others. C) 'A Christmas Carol' made people stop thinking about celebrating with family and start thinking about working. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 'A Christmas Carol' made Christmas into a major holiday when people start to think more about helping others. 8. During the Victorian Age, the poor had to live in overcrowded slums where unsanitary conditions contributed to spreading deadly diseases like smallpox, cholera and tuberculosis A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 9. When was charles dickens born? A) April 7, 1812. B) September 17, 1997. C) February 7, 1812. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) February 7, 1812. 10. In what year was A Christmas Carol written? A) 1840. B) 1841. C) 1842. D) 1843. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1843. 11. Was Dickens happily married? A) Yes-he married Catherine Hogarth young, but she tragically died ten years later. B) Yes-he married Catherine Hogarth and they lived happily with their ten children. C) No-he married Catherine Hogarth but divorced her after ten years, subsequently remarrying twice more. D) No-he married Catherine Hogarth but separated from her after falling in love with an actress when he was 45. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No-he married Catherine Hogarth but separated from her after falling in love with an actress when he was 45. 12. Dickens first serialised some of his works in order to make them more accessible to the poor. True or false? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Which pet did Charles have A) A black cat. B) A talking parrot. C) A dangerous dog. D) A raven. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A raven. 14. Dicken's books ..... immediately popular A) Were. B) Were not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 15. When did Charles Dickens begin his journalistic career? A) 1822. B) 1827. C) 1831. D) 1835. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1831. 16. Which was NOT a book written by Charles Dickens? A) Oliver Twist. B) A Tale of Two Cities. C) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickelby. D) On Christmas Eve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On Christmas Eve. 17. How old was Charles when he died? A) 18. B) 87. C) 52. D) 35. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 52. 18. Where did Charles Dickens and his family go on their big trip in 1844? A) America. B) Italy. C) France. D) Westminster Abbey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Italy. 19. He wrote ..... novels A) Fifteen. B) Fifty. C) Fifty-five. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fifteen. 20. The economic position of Charles Dickens, in his youth, was: A) Dominant. B) Stable. C) Unstable. D) Wealthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unstable. Next →Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesCharles Dickens Quiz 2Charles Dickens Quiz 3Charles Dickens Quiz 4Charles Dickens Quiz 5Charles Dickens Quiz 6Charles Dickens Quiz 7Charles Dickens Quiz 8Charles Dickens Quiz 9Charles Dickens Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books