This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens > Charles Dickens – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Charles Dickens Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When did Charles Dickens die? A) 1874. B) 1870. C) 1868. D) 1872. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1870. 2. Many of Dickens' works were published in instalments A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 3. Charles first book was ..... A) "Sketches by Boz". B) "Bleak House". C) "Pickwick Papers". D) "Oliver Twist". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Sketches by Boz". 4. How did each episode end? A) With a dramatic turn of events. B) With a solution to the problem. C) With the description of London. D) With no particular event. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With a dramatic turn of events. 5. Hard Times is set in London. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 6. Charles bought the big house that his dad pointed out to him. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. He ..... writing and ..... it happily. A) Love, did. B) Loved, do. C) Love, do. D) Loved, did. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loved, did. 8. He had never been to America A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. Dickens used his novels to both entertain and teach his readers about the problems in their society. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. The characteristics of their characters are: A) Be competent and superior to an egalitarian society. B) Multifaceted and charismatic. C) Enterprising and selfish. D) Controlling and thoughtful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Multifaceted and charismatic. 11. Why Dickens family had to live in jail? A) Charles stole money from the bank and they had to move to jail. B) His mother lost one of Charle's brothers and they had to move to jail. C) His father John had debt and they had to move to jail. D) Charles reported his father because he stole money from his neighbor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His father John had debt and they had to move to jail. 12. He also ..... shoes. A) Cleaning. B) Cleans. C) Cleaned. D) Cleanned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cleaned. 13. Charles Dickens is a great writer of the twentieth century. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 14. Oliver Twist learned how to rob people in the country. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 15. Who was in prison? A) His father. B) His mother. C) His friends. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His father. 16. The things that happen in Dickens' stories are always imaginary. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 17. Where was Charles Dickens born? A) London, England OR Landport, Portsmouth, United Kingdom. B) Paris, France OR Rome, Italy. C) Manchester, England OR Landport, Portsmouth, United Kingdom. D) New York, U.S. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) London, England OR Landport, Portsmouth, United Kingdom. 18. Charles Dickens was strong child. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 19. Oliver Twist is Charles Dickens' ..... novel. A) First. B) Third. C) Second. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Second. 20. What did Dickens leave out in his works? A) Colonial policy. B) Ruthlessness of employers. C) Callousness of officials. D) The fate of the poorest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colonial policy. 21. Dickens believed in the need for social change. True or False? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. What year was Dickens born? A) 1812. B) 1912. C) 1852. D) 1982. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1812. 23. How many brothers and sisters did he have? A) 9. B) 2. C) 7. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7. 24. When did Charles begin working? A) He began working at 9. B) He began working at 12. C) He began working at 13. D) He began working at 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He began working at 10. 25. What profession did Charles Dickens want to have? A) Maestro. B) Musician. C) Doctor. D) Actor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Actor. 26. After that, he ..... a job as a newspaper reporter. A) Get. B) Getting. C) Got. D) Gets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Got. 27. How many years did he live after he survived a train crash? A) 6. B) 1. C) 9. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6. 28. His father ..... a small library. A) Have. B) Is. C) Haved. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had. 29. In most of Dickens' works, we can see that he tries to explain ..... A) The good conditions in which people live. B) How children are exploited. C) How much money London society has. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How children are exploited. 30. What is his wife's name A) Catherine. B) Ariana Grande. C) V Violet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Catherine. 31. With whom Charles Dickens had a love affair that ended in 1833? A) Maria Beadnell. B) Dora Winter. C) Flora Copperfield. D) Jill Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maria Beadnell. 32. Children, the characters in his novels, were the symbol of a childhood ..... A) Felice. B) Exploited. C) Praised. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exploited. 33. When is Charles Dickens Birthday? A) 7 February 1812. B) 2nd july 2010. C) Marka show 1983. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 7 February 1812. 34. Ten hours every day means ..... A) One half of the day. B) Less than one half of the day. C) More than one half of the day. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less than one half of the day. 35. What Charles Dickens described in, , Great Expectations" and, , Our Mutual Friend" novels A) Fortitude. B) Social criticism. C) Spirit of disillusionment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spirit of disillusionment. 36. He often wrote about Chatham A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 37. What did Charles Dickens buy at the age of 44? A) Gadshill. B) A refuge for homeless women. C) A pet raven. D) A house. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gadshill. 38. Charles Dickens was born in Portland in 1812 A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 39. Which of these surnames was not used by Charles Dickens in one of his novels A) Bounderby. B) Pennyfeather. C) Cheeryble. D) Pecksniff. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pennyfeather. 40. Name of Charles Dickens' first novel A) A Christmas Carol. B) A Tale of Two Cities. C) The Pickwick Paper. D) David Copperfield. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Pickwick Paper. 41. Why did Charles Dickens decide to write 'A Christmas Carol'? A) He wanted readers to get angry that people worked hard and were still very poor. B) He wanted to make a lot of money so he could give it all to people who were poor. C) He wanted to help make Christmas into a holiday where people gave a lot of gifts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wanted readers to get angry that people worked hard and were still very poor. 42. Charles left school and worked in the factory A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 43. "Then" means ..... A) More than. B) And then. C) Because. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) And then. 44. Children whose parents are dead A) Orphans. B) Merchants. C) Childhood. D) Debts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Orphans. 45. Charles had a first-hand knowledge of working class A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 46. Dickens is famous for his A) Humour. B) Pathos. C) Both. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 47. Who did Charles marry after Catherine? A) Sarah. B) Jill. C) Ellen. D) Mary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ellen. 48. Charles Dickens' novels were set in Georgian England. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 49. A Christmas Carol is about the political problems of the U.S. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 50. During the third period, he wrote American notes, The Christmas books and Martin Chuzzlewit A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 51. What was Charles Dickens' father's occupation? A) Debtor. B) Solicitor's clerk. C) Neighbour Clarke. D) Blacksmith. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neighbour Clarke. 52. When did Charles Dickens live? A) 1600s. B) 1900s. C) 1700s. D) 1800s. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1800s. 53. Dickens presents Sissy and Bitzer as ..... characters. A) Dissimilar. B) Very similar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dissimilar. 54. How many spirits visit Ebenezer Scrooge in Dickens' famous work A Christmas Carol? A) Two Spirits. B) Three Spirits. C) One Spirit. D) Five Spirits. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Three Spirits. 55. What was the name of the house that Dickens helped build, which helped women learn to read and write? A) Urania House. B) House Dickens. C) Womans House. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Urania House. 56. Which mean character appeared in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens? A) Jack Benny. B) Ebenezer Scrooge. C) Arkwright. D) The Chancellor Of The Exchequer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ebenezer Scrooge. 57. Business people who buy and sell things A) Merchants. B) Biographical. C) Pickpockets. D) Debts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Merchants. 58. How many times did he visit America? A) 3. B) 5. C) 7. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 59. Which of these Dickens heroines was born and raised in debtors prison? A) Esther Summerson. B) Estella Havisham. C) Amy Dorrit. D) Bella Wilfur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amy Dorrit. 60. How were Dickens's novels originally published? A) In monthly installments. B) In cheap paperback editions. C) In deluxe, leather-bound editions. D) As columns in daily newspapers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In monthly installments. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesCharles Dickens Quiz 1Charles Dickens Quiz 2Charles Dickens Quiz 4Charles Dickens Quiz 5Charles Dickens Quiz 6 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books