Students in English II Level 1 and Honors!

Charles Dickens Scavenger Hunt!
Conduct an internet scavenger hunt to learn about the author. You may use any search engine; however, I caution the use of Wikipedia as is can often times be unreliable!

1. When and where was Dickens born?
2. Identify three places Dickens lived as a boy.
3. What happened to his father when Charles was young?
4. Identify one or two authors who influenced Dickens while he was growing up.
5. What job did Dickens have in 1827?
6. What occupation did Dickens have at age 20?
7. Who ruled England during most of Dickens’s life? How old was he when she became queen?
8. What was his first book?
9. In what form was his book first published?
10. What was Dickens’s adult home called?
11. What was the name of the woman whom Dickens was close to when he was age 18-20?
12. What was the name of the actress with whom he was deeply involved? What happened to their relationship?
13. What important personal event occurred in his life before he wrote Great Expectations?
14. Where did Dickens work when he was 12? Why?
15. Identify five social problems that concerned Dickens during his lifetime?
16. In what magazine was Great Expectations first published?
17. How many chapters were published at a time?
18. How many copies were sold in magazine form?
19. Which president of the U.S. did Dickens meet?
20. Which novel has sold the most copies?
21. Identify the titles of his books?