This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens > Charles Dickens – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Charles Dickens Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When he was 12 his life ..... A) Changed. B) Changes. C) Changing. D) Cut. 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) Young children had to work long hours. B) There was no problem with money. C) People were very poor. 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) Dickens drew on his own experiences in writing it. B) It contains dreamlike imagery. C) It was Dickens's most popular novel. D) It has very little in common with Dickens's other novels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dickens drew on his own experiences in writing it. 6. What inspired Dickens to write A Christmas Carol? A) Rich children. B) Poor children. C) The elderly. D) Middle class children. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) 1842. B) 1841. C) 1840. 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) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 13. Which pet did Charles have A) A talking parrot. B) A dangerous dog. C) A raven. D) A black cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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) 1831. B) 1822. C) 1835. D) 1827. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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) 52. B) 18. C) 87. D) 35. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 52. 18. Where did Charles Dickens and his family go on their big trip in 1844? A) America. B) France. C) Westminster Abbey. D) Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 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) Stable. B) Dominant. C) Unstable. D) Wealthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unstable. 21. Who cared for Charles when his family was sent to debtor's prison? A) Grandmother. B) Grandfather. C) Aunt Tillie. D) He took care of himself. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He took care of himself. 22. Most employers, like Scrooge, didn't pay decent wages because A) They didn't see the need to. B) They hated their workers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They didn't see the need to. 23. Where hasn't a writer worked? A) In a shoe factory. B) In a law firm. C) In the sewing room. D) In the newspaper's office. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the sewing room. 24. Charles spent all his time playing football or cricket. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 25. Birthplace of Charles Dickens A) Gads Hill Place. B) Portsmouth. C) Swiss. D) Portland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Portsmouth. 26. Charles Dickens lived in ..... A) The United States. B) Canada. C) Mexico. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) England. 27. What of these books is not written by Charles Dickens? A) David Copperfield. B) She did. C) Little Dorrit. D) Oliver Twist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She did. 28. Which of these is not a novel by Charles Dickens? A) A Tale of Two Cities. B) Oliver Twist. C) Jane Eyre. D) The Pickwick Papers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jane Eyre. 29. Dickens sought to encourage his readers to ..... A) Create social change. B) Keep society as it was. C) Build more workhouses and prisons. D) Punish the poor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Create social change. 30. When Charles Dickens was a child he ..... A) Worked with his father. B) Went to prison. C) Worked as a journalist. D) Worked in a "blacking" factory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Worked in a "blacking" factory. 31. A Tale of Two Cities alternates between London and which other city? A) Paris. B) New York. C) Dublin. D) Manchester. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paris. 32. How many children did Dickens have? A) Twelve Children. B) Four Children. C) Six Children. D) Ten Children. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ten Children. 33. How many children were in the family? A) 8. B) 5. C) 9. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8. 34. Charles was famous when he was alive. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 35. In Paris, Dickens met the writer ..... A) Victor Hugo. B) Maria Beadnell. C) Fyodor Dostoevsky. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Victor Hugo. 36. How many children do they have? A) 10. B) 15. C) 1. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10. 37. Was he happy at home? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 38. How many novels did he write in the course of his life? A) 35. B) 24+. C) 20. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 24+. 39. Charles Dickens wrote reports for newspapers. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 40. Charles dickens full name A) Charles John Huffam Dickens. B) Charles John Huffam Chicken. C) Charles Johnson Adam Dickens. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charles John Huffam Dickens. 41. He had a novel about a child as a main character A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 42. Who was the ruler during the Victorian Era? A) King Charles. B) Queen Victoria. C) Queen Elizabeth. D) King Victor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Queen Victoria. 43. Charles Dickens had to go to work at ten. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 44. Which revolution dominates A Tale of Two Cities? A) Italian. B) German. C) French. D) Russian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) French. 45. In which novel of Charles Dickens Magwitch is arrested? A) David Copperfield. B) Great Expectations. C) Nicholas Nickleby. D) Oliver Twist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Great Expectations. 46. He was born near Portsmouth. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 47. The works of the first period were written between the years ..... A) 1833-1841. B) 1842-1848. C) 1850-1859. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1833-1841. 48. Which time period most influenced Dickens's novels? A) The Civil War. B) World War I. C) The Industrial Revolution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Industrial Revolution. 49. Who is Charles Dickens? A) Novelist. B) A singer. C) A writer. D) An actor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Novelist. 50. Was he good at school? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 51. What did Charles Dickens teach himself after buying Gurney's Brachgraphy? A) Typewriting. B) Shorthand. C) Telegraph. D) Music. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shorthand. 52. What was Dickens's first published novel under the pen name 'Boz'? A) David Copperfield. B) A Christmas Carol. C) Great Expectations. D) The Pickwick Papers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Pickwick Papers. 53. Which novel showed life of the Marshalsea prison A) Hard Times. B) Little Dorrit. C) Bleak House. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Little Dorrit. 54. All of the following are themes found in A Christmas Carol EXCEPT ..... A) The emptiness of material goods. B) Importance of love. C) Good friends are hard to find. D) Possibility for change and personal growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Good friends are hard to find. 55. In which period, Charles Dickens only wrote 2 novels A) The second period. B) The third period. C) The fourth period. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The fourth period. 56. Dickens preferred working in a factory to studying. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 57. What did Charles do in his factory? A) He washed bottles. B) Clean the house. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He washed bottles. 58. Charles Dickens wrote his novella because A) He was appalled at the plight of the poor. B) He wanted to write a jolly tale for Christmas. C) He liked Christmas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was appalled at the plight of the poor. 59. He had ..... children. A) 8. B) 7. C) 10. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10. 60. Charles Dickens was writing for a variety of magazines. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. Next →Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesCharles Dickens Quiz 2Charles Dickens Quiz 3Charles Dickens Quiz 4Charles Dickens Quiz 5Charles Dickens Quiz 6 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books