Charles Dickens

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Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

We are going to watch the cartoon twice.

The second time you answer the quiz questions.

00:18

When was Charles Dickens born?

1. 7 February 1812
2. 17 February 1812
3. 7 February 1218
4. 17 February 1218

00:48

How old was Charles when he started working at the factory?

1. 10
2. 11
3. 12
4. 13

01:10

Dickens' first job was ...

1. a sollicitor
2. a sollicitors's clerck
3. writer
4. bank employee

01:23

Charles became a...

1. a paperboy
2. journalist
3. editor of a newspaper
4. photographer for the newspaper

01:33

His first book was published in ...

1. 1823
2. 1835
3. 1845
4. 1853

01:57

Dicken's pet was a ....

1. pigeon
2. parrot
3. dove
4. raven

02:07

When did Charles and Catherine visit America?

1. 1832
2. 1842
3. 1852
4. 1862

02:20

All Dicken's children, Charles and Catherine visited Italy in ...

1. 1834
2. 1844
3. 1854
4. 1864

02:33

After his trip to Italy, what didn't Dickens do?

1. start and edit a radical newspaper
2. found a refuge for homeless people
3. hold public readings
4. buy a bigger house

02:58

What was the reason his marriage ended?

1. Dickens was too busy writing books.
2. Dickens was too busy being an actor in his plays.
3. Dickens fell in love.
4. His wife was not allowed to act in his play.

03:24

Dickens was involved in a railway accident when he was on his way home from....

1. London
2. Brussel
3. Amsterdam
4. Paris

03:40

Dickens died of ...

1. of drunkenness
2. of a stroke
3. in his sleep
4. a heart attack

At what age did Charles Dickens die?

1. 68
2. 86
3. 58
4. 85

Charles Dickens wrote about....

1. how terrible life was for poor people
2. war
3. nature
4. how rich people lived