7th Grade Language Arts
Charles Dickens Quiz
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Study Guide
Where did Dickens begin working when he was 12? Why?
In what year was Dickens born?
Who was Queen of England at the time?
Describe the living conditions in England.
How were the poor people of London treated?
Why is Dickens’s work so memorable?
How was Dickens inspired to create his characters?
Who did Dickens’s first love?
Who did Dickens marry?
How did Dickens influence Christmas?
What was Dickens’s pen name?
What jobs did he tackle before becoming a famous writer?
Name three publications that Dickens authored.
How did the conditions in England influence Dickens’s writing? How did Dickens influence the time period?
In what century did Dickens write? (for example, 17th century, 18th, 19th….)
What year equivalent is this? (for example, is it the 1700s, 1800s, 1900s..)