Charles Dickens Multiple Choice Questions and Answers for Practice

16. Who is the main female protagonist in A Tale of Two Cities?

1. Nancy
2. Estella
3. Lucie Manette
4. Miss Havisham

17. Dickens was a strong advocate for which social cause?

1. Women’s rights
2. Abolition of slavery
3. Education reform
4. Prison reform

18. In which novel does the character Sydney Carton appear?

1. A Tale of Two Cities
2. Great Expectations
3. Hard Times
4. Oliver Twist

19. What was Dickens’s serialized magazine called?

1. Household Words
2. Morning Chronicle
3. London Times
4. Boz’s Weekly

20. Which novel features the character Miss Havisham?

1. Oliver Twist
2. Great Expectations
3. David Copperfield
4. Nicholas Nickleby

21. Which Dickens character is known for saying “Barkis is willing”?

1. Mr. Micawber
2. Barkis
3. Steerforth
4. Peggotty

22. What was the first language into which A Christmas Carol was translated?

1. French
2. German
3. Italian
4. Spanish

23. What was Charles Dickens’s profession besides being an author?

1. Lawyer
2. Teacher
3. Journalist
4. Politician

24. Dickens often wrote about the harsh conditions of which era?

1. The Victorian Era
2. The Industrial Era
3. The Edwardian Era
4. The Georgian Era

25. What is the name of the wealthy old man in Our Mutual Friend?

1. John Harmon
2. Mr. Boffin
3. Eugene Wrayburn
4. Mr. Dombey

26. Which novel features the character Mr. Bumble?

1. Hard Times
2. Oliver Twist
3. David Copperfield
4. A Tale of Two Cities

27. How old was Dickens when he started working in a factory?

1. 10
2. 12
3. 14
4. 16

28. Dickens toured which country extensively as a public reader?

1. France
2. United States
3. Germany
4. Italy

29. Dickens is buried in which location?

1. Westminster Abbey
2. St. Paul’s Cathedral
3. Highgate Cemetery
4. Canterbury

30. What is the name of the debtor’s prison featured in Little Dorrit?

1. Marshalsea
2. Fleet
3. King’s Bench
4. Newgate