Charles Dickens

When did Charles Dickens live?

• 1600s
• 1700s
• 1800s
• 1900s

What happened to cause Charles to be taking care of himself at age 12?

• His parents died.
• His father went deep into debt.
• He ran away from home.
• All boys were on their own at age 12.

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What happened to Charles's family due to the debt?

• Nothing.
• His father went to prison.
• The entire family went to prison.
• The entire family except for Charles went to prison.

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What happened to Charles's family due to the debt?

• Nothing.
• His father went to prison.
• The entire family went to prison.
• The entire family except for Charles went to prison.

How did Charles pay his father's debt?

• He sold all of the family's belongings.
• He sold their home.
• He worked in a dark, rat-infested warehouse.
• All of these.

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What inspired Dickens to write about the poor?

• His experience of being poor
• An old friend
• His parents
• A story he read when he was little

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True or False?  Charles Dickens became very famous and wealthy in his lifetime and worked hard for the welfare of the poor.

• True
• False

Which important act was passed in 1870 the year of Dickens's death?

• Health Act
• Poor Act
• Education Act
• Debtor Prison Act

What does "Dickensian" mean?

• written by Charles Dickens
• Writing that sounds like Charles Dickens's writing
• Resembling the conditions described in Dickens's stories

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Dickens believed in the need for social change.  True or False?

• True
• False

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