A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens Context

Charles Dickens - When was he born?

• 1912

• 1910

• 1812

• 1814

Who was Monarch of England when he died?

• Queen Victoria II

• King George V

• King George III

• Queen Victoria

• King Paul of Gilberdia

What job was Charles sent away to do, aged 11?

• Working in a prison

• working in a workhouse

• working in Kent

• working in a blacking factory

What happened to Charles Dickens' father, John?

• He was sent to Marshalsea Blacking Factory

• He was sent to Marshalsea prison

• He was sent to a prison in Kent

• He was sent to the workhouse

What happened when his father was sent to prison

• Charles was separated from his family

• Charles went to prison too

• Charles decided to write stories instead

• Charles became a law clerk to get his father out of prison

Who did Dickens help in 1837?

• His father after he was released from Prison

• His Sister-in-Law (Mary Dickens) came to live with him and his wife.

• His wife Catherine pass her driving test

• His Sister-in-Law (Mary Hogarth) came to live with him and his wife.

True or False, Dickens once worked as a clerk at a solicitors' firm, much like Bob Cratchit?

• True

• False

What was significant about Dickens' first love - select all that apply

• She was 13 months younger than him

• She was called Maria

• Maria's family did not like her mixing with the poor

• Maria ended the relationship and Dickens was devastated

Who was Eliza Burgess

• A young girl accused of murdering her baby because she was poor

• Dickens' first love

• Dickens' sister-in-law

• Someone who followed Dickens on TikTok

Why did Dickens' help Eliza Burgess

• He didn't help her

• He felt that the poor were badly treated

• He thought that she should get a job

• He didn't want to go to prison