Dickens' webquest

A. Charles DICKENS

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I. His life

1. When was he born ? ………………………………………………………….
2. Why didn't he go to school at the age of ten ? ………………………………...
3. What happened to his father in 1824 ? and why ? …………………………….
4. Where did Dickens work then ? ………………………………………………
5. Was that period important in his life ? ………………………………………..
6. Where did he go to live with his wife ? ……………………………………….
7. How many children did he have ? …………………………………………….
8. Did he always stay in England ? ……………………………………………...
9. When did he die ? and how old was he ? ……………………………………..
10. Where is he buried ? …………………………………………………………..


2. Oliver Twist

Find 4 reasons why he was not lucky. Go to-->
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3. David Copperfield (Complete your information with another page.)
Sometimes he was miserable. Explain (4 reasons at least)
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4. Find 5 of his themes (see that page too)
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B. Victorian times

1 - Victorian England saw great expansion of :
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2 - Technological advances
What began in Great-Britain and continued through the 19th century ?

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Changes were seen in many areas. Give examples :
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3 - Name the three social classes and associate the following words with them :
aristocracy - ethnic minorities - growing control of the economy -
city merchants - the underclass - gentleman
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2) ……………………( ………………………+……………………………)
3) …………………… (………………………+……………………………)

4 - Child labour (Visit this site too.)
What was unbelievable ?
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Which job was the most tiring, in your opinion ? ………………………………

5 - Who wrote what ? Write the right letter in the second column.
Mary Shelley a) Alice in Wonderland
Charlotte Brontë b) The Picture of Dorian Gray
Lewis Carroll c) Ivanhoe
Thomas Hardy d) The Jungle Book
Robert Louis Stevenson e) Portrait of a Lady
Rudyard Kipling f) Frankenstein
Arthur Conan Doyle g) Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Walter Scott h) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Henry James i) Treasure Island
Oscar Wilde j) Jane Eyre

6 - The British Empire (also see here and there)
Right or wrong ? Justify your answer.
1. It was not very big under Queen Victoria.
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2. She reigned over one-fifth of the world.
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3. It contained more than 410 million people.
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7 - Make your own Victorian timeline
with the following dates corresponding to important events :
1812 - 1819 - 1826 - 1837 - 1840 - 1859 - 1861 - 1870 - 1877 - 1879 - 1885 - 1888 - 1901