Charles Dickens Quiz Questions

1) How much was Charles Dickens paid when he worked at Warren’s Blacking Factory at the age of twelve?
a) One pound a week
b) One guinea a week
c) Six shillings a week
d) Ten shillings a week

2) What did Charles Dickens teach himself after buying Gurney’s Brachgraphy?
a) Typewriting
b) Shorthand
c) Telegraph
d) Music

3) With whom Charles Dickens had a love affair that ended in 1833?
a) Maria Beadnell
b) Dora Winter
c) Flora Copperfield
d) Jill Smith

4) For which newspaper Charles Dickens reported Parliamentary debates?
a) Guardian
b) Mirror of Parliament
c) The Independent
d) The Times

5) Which was Charles Dickens’ first novel?
a) David Copperfield
b) Nicholas Nickleby
c) The Pickwick Papers
d) Oliver Twist

6) On whom was the charater of Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield based?
a) John Forster
b) John Dickens
c) Hablot K. Browne
d) Augustus egg

7) On whom was the charater of Mrs. Nickelby in Nicholas Nickleby based?
a) Catherine Hogarth
b) Maria Beadnell
c) Elizabeth Dickens
d) Mary Hogarth

8) In which novel of Charles Dickens Magwitch is arrested?
a) David Copperfield
b) Nicholas Nickleby
c) Great Expectations
d) Oliver Twist

9) In which year Charles Dickens’ novel A Christmas Carol appear?
a) 1842
b) 1846
c) 1844
d) 1848

10) Which revolution dominates A Tale of Two Cities?
a) Russian
b) French
c) Italian
d) German

Charles Dickens Quiz Questions and Answers

1) How much was Charles Dickens paid when he worked at Warren’s Blacking Factory at the age of twelve?
c) Six shillings a week

2) What did Charles Dickens teach himself after buying Gurney’s Brachgraphy?
b) Shorthand

3) With whom Charles Dickens had a love affair that ended in 1833?
a) Maria Beadnell

4) For which newspaper Charles Dickens reported Parliamentary debates?
b) Mirror of Parliament

5) Which was Charles Dickens’ first novel?
c) The Pickwick Papers

6) On whom was the charater of Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield based?
b) John Dickens

7) On whom was the charater of Mrs. Nickelby in Nicholas Nickleby based?
c) Elizabeth Dickens

8) In which novel of Charles Dickens Magwitch is arrested?
c) Great Expectations

9) In which year Charles Dickens’ novel A Christmas Carol appear?
c) 1844

10) Which revolution dominates A Tale of Two Cities?
b) French