WorksheetsCharles Dickens
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When did Charles Dickens live?
a)
1600s
b)
1700s
c)
1800s
d)
1900s
2.
What happened to cause Charles to be taking care of himself at age 12?
a)
His parents died.
b)
His father went deep into debt.
c)
He ran away from home.
d)
All boys were on their own at age 12.
3.
What happened to Charles's family due to the debt?
a)
Nothing.
b)
His father went to prison.
c)
The entire family went to prison.
d)
The entire family except for Charles went to prison.
4.
What happened to Charles's family due to the debt?
a)
Nothing.
b)
His father went to prison.
c)
The entire family went to prison.
d)
The entire family except for Charles went to prison.
5.
How did Charles pay his father's debt?
a)
He sold all of the family's belongings.
b)
He sold their home.
c)
He worked in a dark, rat-infested warehouse.
d)
All of these.
6.
What inspired Dickens to write about the poor?
a)
His experience of being poor
b)
An old friend
c)
His parents
d)
A story he read when he was little
7.
True or False? Charles Dickens became very famous and wealthy in his lifetime and worked hard for the welfare of the poor.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
Which important act was passed in 1870 the year of Dickens's death?
a)
Health Act
b)
Poor Act
c)
Education Act
d)
Debtor Prison Act
9.
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
10.
Dickens believed in the need for social change. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
11.
what is a theme in many of Dickens' works
a)
racial equality
b)
the consequences of ignorance and greed
c)
people can never change
d)
society is fair for everyone
12.
What was Dickens's first published novel under the pen name `Boz' ?
a)
Great Expectations
b)
The Pickwick Papers
c)
David Copperfield
d)
A Christmas Carol
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