Charles Dickens

What year was Charles Dickens born?

• 1782

• 1812

• 1842

• 1872

Why did Dickens's father go to prison when Dickens was 12?

• Theft

• Fraud

• False accusation

• Debt

When and where did Dickens start work?

• Aged 12, at a boot blacking factory

• Aged 16, as a theatre stagehand

• Aged 18, as a trainee lawyer

• Aged 21, as a magazine writer

After he finished school, what were Dickens's first two jobs? (Select two)

• Theatre actor

• Legal clerk

• Political journalist

• Magazine editor

Which of these is not a novel by Charles Dickens?

• The Pickwick Papers

• Oliver Twist

• Jane Eyre

• A Tale of Two Cities

Was Dickens happily married?

• Yes - he married Catherine Hogarth young, but she tragically died ten years later

• Yes - he married Catherine Hogarth and they lived happily with their ten children

• No - he married Catherine Hogarth but divorced her after ten years, subsequently remarrying twice more

• No - he married Catherine Hogarth but separated from her after falling in love with an actress when he was 45