Charles Dickens Quiz

Charles Dickens Quiz — Practice Questions

1. Charles Dickens was born in which English city in 1812?
2. Which Dickens novel opens with 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times'?
3. What is the name of the miserly protagonist of A Christmas Carol?
4. Which character in A Christmas Carol says 'God bless us, every one!'?
5. What is Pip's full name in Great Expectations?
6. Miss Havisham in Great Expectations is famously still wearing her wedding dress because:
7. Who is eventually revealed to be Pip's secret benefactor in Great Expectations?
8. Which Dickens novel features the infamous criminal mentor Fagin?
9. Most of Dickens's novels were originally published in what format?
10. Which novel by Dickens — considered his most autobiographical — depicts a young man's rise from poverty?
11. Dickens worked as a child in a shoe-polish factory while his father was imprisoned for debt. What was this experience called?
12. Bleak House features a never-ending legal case that satirises the English legal system. What is it called?
13. The brutally run Yorkshire boarding school depicted in Nicholas Nickleby is called:
14. A Tale of Two Cities is set during which historical period?
15. Hard Times is set in a fictional northern industrial town called:
16. Which Dickens novel was left unfinished at his death in 1870?
17. Charles Dickens is buried in which famous London location?
18. In Oliver Twist, what does Oliver famously ask for more of at the workhouse?
19. The three spirits that visit Scrooge in A Christmas Carol appear in which order?
20. Which Dickens character famously always expects that 'something will turn up,' despite being chronically in debt?