Below is the full Quizmo quiz devoted to the theme "Charles Dickens": each question, its four options, the correct answer highlighted and, where available, its source. A chance to brush up on your general knowledge and then test what you know.
▶ Play today's quizWhich festive holiday is the setting for the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge?
Source: A Christmas Carol helped shape many modern Christmas traditions, from the word 'humbug' to family feasts.
Which famous orphan's name is also the title of one of Dickens's novels?
Source: Oliver's plea 'Please, sir, I want some more' became one of literature's most quoted lines.
In which country were nearly all of Dickens's novels set?
Source: Dickens's vivid London streets were drawn from his own walks across the Victorian capital.
Which novel features the ambitious young hero Pip and the wealthy Miss Havisham?
Source: Miss Havisham, frozen in her rotting wedding dress, is one of fiction's most haunting jilted brides.
Which of these is the disabled child who says 'God bless us, every one!'?
Source: Tiny Tim's survival hangs on whether Scrooge can learn generosity in time.
How were most of Dickens's novels first published to the public?
Source: Serialised chapters left readers on cliffhangers, making Dickens a Victorian binge-read sensation.
What was Dickens's profession before he became a novelist?
Source: Dickens reported on Parliament, training the sharp ear for dialogue that filled his novels.
Which Dickens novel opens during the French Revolution?
Source: Its line 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times' is among the most famous openings ever written.
Which trade did young Dickens do in a factory, marking him for life?
Source: Sent to work at twelve after his father's debts, Dickens never forgot the humiliation of child labour.
Which first name was Dickens commonly known by during his lifetime?
Source: Dickens signed his early sketches 'Boz', a childhood nickname for his younger brother.
Which Dickens novel attacks the cruelty of cheap Yorkshire boarding schools?
Source: The brutal headmaster Wackford Squeers was so damning that several real schools were forced to close.
Which scheming clerk in David Copperfield is famous for his fake humility?
Source: His repeated boast of being 'so very 'umble' became Victorian shorthand for a slimy hypocrite.
Which novel did Dickens himself call his 'favourite child'?
Source: Its hero's initials reverse Dickens's own, and the story drew heavily on his real childhood.
What was the title of Dickens's wildly successful first novel?
Source: Sales exploded only after the bumbling Sam Weller character appeared, turning Dickens into a star overnight.
What pastime did Dickens passionately pursue alongside writing, touring publicly with it?
Source: His dramatic readings drew huge crowds and reportedly left audiences weeping or fainting.
Which Dickens novel centres on the endless legal case Jarndyce and Jarndyce?
Source: The case devours its own inheritance in legal fees, satirising England's painfully slow courts.
Which 1865 disaster did Dickens survive, shaking him deeply afterwards?
Source: He climbed back into the dangling carriage to rescue the manuscript of his current novel.
Which Dickens novel was left unfinished at his death, its ending a lasting mystery?
Source: Dickens died before revealing the killer, leaving fans to argue over the solution for over a century.
Where is Charles Dickens buried, against his own wishes for a simple grave?
Source: Public demand overruled his request, placing him in Poets' Corner beside England's literary giants.
Which murderous dwarf is the grotesque villain of The Old Curiosity Shop?
Source: Quilp's gleeful cruelty made him so vivid that readers loved to hate him long before villains were fashionable.