Charles Dickens and The Victorian Age

Charles Dickens's father was the inspiration for the character of Mr. Micawber in which of his books?

• Great Expectations

• David Copperfield

• A Tale of Two Cities

• Pickwick Papers

How did Charles Dickens begin his literary career?

• as a journalist

• as a literary agent's assistant

• as a novelist

• as an academic

Charles Dickens's father was imprisoned for what reason?

• theft

• fraud

• bad debt

• fighting

Charles Dickens's wrote under what the pseudonym?

• Boz

• David Copperfield

• Richard Bachman

• George Orwell

Scrooge is first visited by which ghost?

• Ghost of Christmas Past

• Ghost of Christmas Present

• Ghost of Christmas Future

• Jacob Marley

At the beginning of A Christmas Carol, how does Scrooge say he supports charities?

• donating to the Red Cross

• prisons and workhouses

• working with Habitat for Humanity

• giving money to the poor

According to the Ghost of Christmas yet to come, who will be dead in the future? Choose all correct answers.

• Fred

• David Copperfield

• Scrooge

• Tiny Tim

When does the Ghost of Christmas present's life end?

• midnight

• after Scrooge becomes a good person

• 2 am

• 11:45 pm

Besides writing, how did Charles Dickens spend his time? Choose all correct answers.

• lecturing against slavery in the United States

• golfing in Scotland

• touring Italy with companions Augustus Egg and Edwin Drood

• surfing in Indonesia

Charles Dickens was married to?

• Ellen Ternan

• Alexandrina Victoria

• Emma Watson

• Catherine Hogarth