Inside Dickens’ world

Dickens in his study

1) Which character in David Copperfield was inspired by Charles Dickens' father?
a) Mr Nickleby
b) Mr Micawber
c) Mr Barnaby

Dickens' Great Expectations

2) What is the name of the protagonist in Great Expectations?
a) Pip
b) Alexander
c) Heathcliff

3) Which of Dickens' novels is regarded as the first Victorian Era writing where a child is the main protagonist?
a) Oliver Twist
b) A Tale of Two Cities
c) The Pickwick Papers

4) Who runs the Salem House Academy where David Copperfield is sent off to study?
a) Ms Betsy Trotwood
b) Mr Murdstone
c) Mr Creakle

5) Which river becomes a major player in many of Dickens' novels?
a) Thames
b) Danube
c) Volga

An illustration of Oliver Twist walking to London

6) In the opening lines of A Christmas Carol, who does Dickens describe as "a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner!"?
a) Miss Mowcher
b) Ebenezer Scrooge
c) Harry Skimpole

Did you know?
Charles Dickens actually started work on his autobiography but got fed up withers

Answers
1) b, 2) a, 3) a, 4) c, 5) a, 6) b