Dickens’ characters quiz
How's your knowledge of Charles Dickens' novels? The following are all descriptions of main characters from Charles Dickens’ novels. How many of the characters can you name? Where relevant, you get a point for the full name and half a point for only forename or surname. Some fairly easy but others more difficult I suspect.
No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to midnight tonight. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. Feel free to change your mind on an answer you may have already given. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. Boy who is the central character of "Great Expectations"
2. Bob Cratchit's youngest son in "A Christmas Carol"
3. Street smart pickpocket and prominent member of Fagin's gang in "Oliver Twist" (1 point for nickname and 1 point for actual name)
4. Guardian of Estella at Satis House and eternal Bride in "Great Expectations"
5. Born in a Debtor's Prison, her family fortune is lost in a banking scam
6. Thief and murderer of Nancy in "Oliver Twist"
7. Scheming clerk to Mr Wickfield, the main villain in "David Copperfield"
8. Secret benefactor of 1 above and Estella's father in "Great Expectations"
9. Constantly in debt, childhood landlord of David Copperfield
10. Wicked Schoolmaster of Dotheboy's Hall in "Nicholas Nickleby"
11. Sickly boy who escapes from Dotheboy's Hall with Nicholas Nickleby
12. Adoptive Aunt of David Copperfield, who suffers from paranoia of donkeys
13. Redemptive lawyer, the main character in "A Tale of Two Cities"
14. Retired Mill Owner who runs a school in the fictional Coketown in "Hard Times"
15. Manservant and advisor of Mr Pickwick
16. Main antagonist of "A Tale of Two Cities", a female revolutionary out for revenge
No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to midnight tonight. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. Feel free to change your mind on an answer you may have already given. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. Boy who is the central character of "Great Expectations"
2. Bob Cratchit's youngest son in "A Christmas Carol"
3. Street smart pickpocket and prominent member of Fagin's gang in "Oliver Twist" (1 point for nickname and 1 point for actual name)
4. Guardian of Estella at Satis House and eternal Bride in "Great Expectations"
5. Born in a Debtor's Prison, her family fortune is lost in a banking scam
6. Thief and murderer of Nancy in "Oliver Twist"
7. Scheming clerk to Mr Wickfield, the main villain in "David Copperfield"
8. Secret benefactor of 1 above and Estella's father in "Great Expectations"
9. Constantly in debt, childhood landlord of David Copperfield
10. Wicked Schoolmaster of Dotheboy's Hall in "Nicholas Nickleby"
11. Sickly boy who escapes from Dotheboy's Hall with Nicholas Nickleby
12. Adoptive Aunt of David Copperfield, who suffers from paranoia of donkeys
13. Redemptive lawyer, the main character in "A Tale of Two Cities"
14. Retired Mill Owner who runs a school in the fictional Coketown in "Hard Times"
15. Manservant and advisor of Mr Pickwick
16. Main antagonist of "A Tale of Two Cities", a female revolutionary out for revenge
