7th Reading - A Charles Dickens Web Quest (charlesdickens.com)

Question 1

Give a interesting fact about how Queens Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert, popularized a Christmas tradition.

Answer 1

Prince Albert brought the German custom of decorating the Christmas tree to England.

Question 2

What disease might Tiny Tim have had?

Answer 2

It is thought that Tiny Tim had a kidney disease, distal renal tubular acidosis, which made his blood to acidic.

Question 3

Give one famous quote from Dickens’s novel, A Tale of Two Cities.

Answer 3

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…’

Question 4

What year did Christmas cards first appear?

Answer 4

The first Christmas cards appeared in the 1840’s.

Question 5

Give the names of Dickens’s children (Hint - there are 10)

Answer 5

1. Charles Culliford (Charley)
2. Mary (Mamie)
3. Kate Macready (Katie)
4. Walter Savage Landor
5. Francis Jeffery (Frank)
6. Alfred D’Orsay Tennyson
7. Sydney Smith Haidimand
8. Henry Fielding (Harry)
9. Dora Annie
10. Edward Bulwer Lytton (Plorn)

Question 6

Give the titles of 5 major works by Dickens

Answer 6

1. Sketches by Boz
2. Pickwick Papers
3. Oliver Twist
4. Nicholas Nickely
5. The Old Curiosity Shop
6. Barnaby Rudge
7. Martin Chusslewit
8. Dombey and Son
9. David Copperfield
10. Bleak House
11. Hard Times
12. Little Dorrit
13. A Tale of Two Cities
14. Great Expectations
15. Our Mutual Friend
16. The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Question 7

Give the titles of 5 minor works by Dickens

Answer 7

1. American Notes
2. Pictures from Italy
3. The Life of Our Lord
4. A Child’s History of England
5. The Uncommercial Traveler

Question 8

Give the titles of 5 Christmas books by Dickens

Answer 8

1. A Christmas Carol
2. The Chimes
3. The Cricket on the Hearth
4. The Battle of Life
5. The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain

Question 9

Find 5 unique character names by Dickens and tell from which of his works they come

Answer 9

1. Yawler - David Copperfield
2. Toddle - Dombey and Son
3. Fagin - Oliver Twist
4. Tony Weller - Pickwick Papers
5. Toby (Trottle) Veck - The Chimes

Question 10

Find 5 unique words from Dickens and give their definitions. Each word must be from a different letter of the alphabet.

Answer 10

1. bender - sixpence
2. choused - cheated
3. small clothes - knee breeches
4. pub - tavern or inn
5. fen - marsh

Question 11

What are the ingredients of plum pudding?

Answer 11

Finely chopped beef suet
Fine bread crumbs
Sugar
Milk 
Flour
Seedless raison
Dried currants
Chopped almonds
Citron
Salt
Cloves
Cinnamon
Nutmeg
Eggs
Baking soda
warm water

Question 12

Tell 2 interesting facts about Dickens’s relationship with American author and poet, Edgar Allen Poe.

Answer 12

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