7th Reading - A Charles Dickens Web Quest (charlesdickens.com) Flashcards

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Give a interesting fact about how Queens Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert, popularized a Christmas tradition.

A

Prince Albert brought the German custom of decorating the Christmas tree to England.

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2
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What disease might Tiny Tim have had?

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It is thought that Tiny Tim had a kidney disease, distal renal tubular acidosis, which made his blood to acidic.

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3
Q

Give one famous quote from Dickens’s novel, A Tale of Two Cities.

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“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…’

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4
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What year did Christmas cards first appear?

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The first Christmas cards appeared in the 1840’s.

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5
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Give the names of Dickens’s children (Hint - there are 10)

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  1. Charles Culliford (Charley)
  2. Mary (Mamie)
  3. Kate Macready (Katie)
  4. Walter Savage Landor
  5. Francis Jeffery (Frank)
  6. Alfred D’Orsay Tennyson
  7. Sydney Smith Haidimand
  8. Henry Fielding (Harry)
  9. Dora Annie
  10. Edward Bulwer Lytton (Plorn)
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6
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Give the titles of 5 major works by Dickens

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  1. Sketches by Boz
  2. Pickwick Papers
  3. Oliver Twist
  4. Nicholas Nickely
  5. The Old Curiosity Shop
  6. Barnaby Rudge
  7. Martin Chusslewit
  8. Dombey and Son
  9. David Copperfield
  10. Bleak House
  11. Hard Times
  12. Little Dorrit
  13. A Tale of Two Cities
  14. Great Expectations
  15. Our Mutual Friend
  16. The Mystery of Edwin Drood
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7
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Give the titles of 5 minor works by Dickens

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  1. American Notes
  2. Pictures from Italy
  3. The Life of Our Lord
  4. A Child’s History of England
  5. The Uncommercial Traveler
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8
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Give the titles of 5 Christmas books by Dickens

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  1. A Christmas Carol
  2. The Chimes
  3. The Cricket on the Hearth
  4. The Battle of Life
  5. The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain
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9
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Find 5 unique character names by Dickens and tell from which of his works they come

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  1. Yawler - David Copperfield
  2. Toddle - Dombey and Son
  3. Fagin - Oliver Twist
  4. Tony Weller - Pickwick Papers
  5. Toby (Trottle) Veck - The Chimes
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10
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Find 5 unique words from Dickens and give their definitions. Each word must be from a different letter of the alphabet.

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  1. bender - sixpence
  2. choused - cheated
  3. small clothes - knee breeches
  4. pub - tavern or inn
  5. fen - marsh
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11
Q

What are the ingredients of plum pudding?

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Finely chopped beef suet
Fine bread crumbs
Sugar
Milk 
Flour
Seedless raison
Dried currants
Chopped almonds
Citron
Salt
Cloves
Cinnamon
Nutmeg
Eggs
Baking soda
warm water
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12
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Tell 2 interesting facts about Dickens’s relationship with American author and poet, Edgar Allen Poe.

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