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This semi-autobiographical novel is said to have been Dickens's personal favorite of his works.
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  Charles Dickens: "David Copperfield"   best quiz  
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Of all Charles Dickens' characters David Copperfield is the one who resembles his author most. Also unforgettable are Uriah Heep, Mr Micawber, Little Emily and many others.
Average, 25 Qns, queenofsheba, Jul 13 20
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  Do You Know David Copperfield?    
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One of my favourite authors is Charles Dickens. He created many, many wonderful characters be they villains or heroes. One of his well known books is "David Copperfield", so lets see - "What Do You Know About David Copperfield?" Good luck.
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Just a little quiz on 'David Copperfield', the book by Charles Dickens.
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What's the ironic nickname of Miss Mowcher?

From Quiz "Charles Dickens: "David Copperfield""





David Copperfield Trivia Questions
1. How does the opening sentence start?

From Quiz Charles Dickens: "David Copperfield"

Answer: "Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life..."

"Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show."

2. What is the name of David's nurse?

From Quiz David Copperfield

Answer: Peggotty

The book described her as "very ordinary looking."

3. What was the name of the cruel and despicable man who married David's mother and became David's stepfather?

From Quiz Do You Know David Copperfield?

Answer: Edward Murdstone

After marrying Clara, Edward Murdstone and his equally cruel sister, Jane, moved into Clara's house. Following her death, he sent David to work in a warehouse he owned, where David was treated very badly, so he ran away to seek out his only known relative - his father's aunt.

4. How old was David when his father died?

From Quiz Charles Dickens: "David Copperfield"

Answer: He wasn't born yet

He's a posthumous child. His father died six months before he was born.

5. Who was the man David's mother got married to while he was away?

From Quiz David Copperfield

Answer: Mr. Murdstone

Mr. Murdstone and his sister hated David.

6. What was the name of the faithful servant in the Copperfield home who tried to protect David's mother and David from the cruelty of David's stepfather?

From Quiz Do You Know David Copperfield?

Answer: Clara Peggotty

Clara Peggotty (always called just Peggotty because she and David's mother shared the same Christian name) was a staunch friend to David and helped him every chance she could throughout his life. After David's mother's death (she died in Peggotty's arms), Peggotty married Mr. Barkis and she lived very happily with him. After his death she went to live with and look after David's Great Aunt.

7. " 'Now let me hear some more about the Crorkindills,' said Peggotty." What does she mean by "Crorkindills"?

From Quiz Charles Dickens: "David Copperfield"

Answer: crocodiles

A lot of words are mispronounced, most often by Peggotty and Aunt Betsy. David reads to Peggotty about crocodiles. Later he will become a writer.

8. What is the name of David's school?

From Quiz David Copperfield

Answer: Salem House

Mr. Murdstone sent David here after he beat him.

9. What was the name of the very optimistic but debt-riddled man met by David in London, whilst searching for his aunt?

From Quiz Do You Know David Copperfield?

Answer: Wilkins Micawber

Mr Micawber was a very gentle man who spent some time in the Debtors' Prison because he was always in financial difficulty. However, he always thought "that something would turn up" and lived by the philosophy "Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen pounds nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery." He became a very good friend to David and later played a very important role before emigrating to Australia, where he became a Magistrate.

10. With what does David need to be treated, according to Mr Murdstone?

From Quiz Charles Dickens: "David Copperfield"

Answer: firmness

Mr Murdstone is his stepfather. David will bite his finger, and be sent to boarding-school.

11. Who did Peggotty marry?

From Quiz David Copperfield

Answer: Mr. Barkis

The other three are schoolmasters.

12. After many adventures along the way, David finally found his Great Aunt. Do you know her name?

From Quiz Do You Know David Copperfield?

Answer: Betsy Trotwood

David made his way to Dover, where he finally found his Great Aunt Betsy. She was very busy at that time chasing donkeys from her green. She took pity on David but because she did not like males very much, she insisted on calling him "Trotwood", which was her surname. She wanted David to have a good education, so she sent him to a school in Canterbury, Salem House.

13. What P.S. does David send to Peggotty in a letter from Salem House?

From Quiz Charles Dickens: "David Copperfield"

Answer: "Barkis is willing"

Mr Barkis is the carrier who asks David to send this message. He will marry Peggotty later.

14. What was the name of the charming boy, a few years older than David, who befriended him at Salem House?

From Quiz Do You Know David Copperfield?

Answer: James Steerforth

Although a good friend to David, Steerforth found himself enraptured by Peggotty's niece Little Em'ly, whom he later seduced after she ran away with him abroad. Her uncle, Daniel Peggotty, travelled the world in search of Little Em'ly and he ultimately found her and brought her home. They eventually emigrated to Australia.

15. Who's the only boy in Salem House whom Mr Creakle never lays a hand on?

From Quiz Charles Dickens: "David Copperfield"

Answer: James Steerforth

Steerforth has an easy childhood, but will turn out to be a villain later.

16. Where was David sent to after his mother died?

From Quiz David Copperfield

Answer: A winery

Poor old David! He lost all his money.

17. Was was the name of Daniel Peggotty's nephew who loved Little Em'ly?

From Quiz Do You Know David Copperfield?

Answer: Ham Peggotty

Ham had been in love with Little Em'ly all his life and was going to marry her until James Steerforth came along and took her abroad, where he grew tired of her and dumped her and of course Daniel Peggotty found her and brought her home. When Steerforth was returning to England the ship he was travelling on was wrecked off the Yarmouth coast. Ham went into the water to try and save Steerforth, but they both drowned.

18. In Salem House David has to wear a pasteboard placard. What's written on it?

From Quiz Charles Dickens: "David Copperfield"

Answer: "Take care of him. He bites."

He has to wear this because he bit Mr Murdstone's finger. David thinks there is a dog, but the placard is meant for him.

19. Who is David's last living relation?

From Quiz David Copperfield

Answer: Betsy Trotwood

His great-aunt, Miss Betsy Trotwood, took very good care of him after he left the winery.

20. What was the name of the family who David's Great Aunt arranged for him to stay with while he was at school?

From Quiz Do You Know David Copperfield?

Answer: Wickfield

Mr Wickfield was Great Aunt Betsey's lawyer and managed her money and made investments for her. His daughter, Agnes, became David's very dear childhood friend. Agnes had been in love with David her whole life.

21. Chapter 9 is called "I have a memorable birthday". What makes it so memorable?

From Quiz Charles Dickens: "David Copperfield"

Answer: His mother and little brother are buried

It's his tenth birthday. David isn't supposed to show any emotion.

22. Where does David go to school to while he stays with his aunt?

From Quiz David Copperfield

Answer: Dr. Strong's school

It's a truly excellent school.

23. What was the name of the beautiful daughter of Mr Spenlow of Spenlow and Jorkins, Proctors, to whom David was articled?

From Quiz Do You Know David Copperfield?

Answer: Dora

David fell madly in love with Dora Spenlow and eventually married her after her father's death. She found it hard to cope with anything to do with running a house, preferring to spend her time playing with her dog "Jip." David and Dora were only married for a short time when Dora had a miscarriage which eventually led to her death.

24. What did Charles Dickens have in common with his "favourite child" David Copperfield?

From Quiz Charles Dickens: "David Copperfield"

Answer: His first job was to label bottles

Dickens had to label bottles at Hungerford Stairs for six shillings a week when he was twelve. He was born in February, didn't have a stepfather, and was only married once. David Copperfield's career is largely autobiographical, but his private life isn't.

25. Who does David get married to first?

From Quiz David Copperfield

Answer: Dora Spenlow

David and Dora got engaged to each other through letters. After Mr. Spenlow dies, they get married to each other.

26. What was the name of Mr Wickfield's villainous clerk who nearly succeeded in taking over Mr Wickfield's business, and who wanted to marry Agnes?

From Quiz Do You Know David Copperfield?

Answer: Uriah Heep

Uriah Heep always referred to himself as being "very 'umble" but had great plans for himself by plotting to ruin Mr Wickfield. He had embezzled all of David's Great Aunt Betsey's money but was eventually thwarted by none other than Mr Wilkins Micawber to whom Heep had given a job as a clerk. For his dastardly deeds, Uriah Heep was sentenced for transportation to Australia for life. David finally realised that he loved Agnes and they were married.

27. David runs away from Murdstone and Grinby's warehouse to the only living relative he has. Who's this?

From Quiz Charles Dickens: "David Copperfield"

Answer: Betsy Trotwood

He writes to Peggotty to find out where Aunt Betsy lives. She's his great aunt on his father's side.

28. After his first wife dies, who does David fall in love with next?

From Quiz David Copperfield

Answer: Agnes

After Dora died, David returns to Agnes, and both of them confess their love for each other.

29. David's aunt asks Mr Dick what she should do with the boy. What's his advice?

From Quiz Charles Dickens: "David Copperfield"

Answer: Wash him

Mr Dick's real name is Richard Babley. David will stay there until he goes to Dr Strong for his education.

30. "I saw a cadaverous face appear (...). It belonged to a red-haired person (...) who had hardly any eyebrows, and no eyelashes, and eyes of red-brown..." Who matches this description?

From Quiz Charles Dickens: "David Copperfield"

Answer: Uriah Heep

Uriah is arguably the most interesting character apart from David. He's also one of Dickens' greatest villains.

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