"Bleak House" - worst title but best Dickens book?

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1. The opening chapter of "Bleak House" describes a foggy day in London town, but where does Dickens declare is the heart of the fog? In the Court of Chancery At the Old Bailey In Buckingham Palace In the Circumlocution Office

2. What is the name of Sir Leicester Dedlock's family lawyer who manages to ferret out the truth about Lady Dedlock's background? Mr. Vholes Mr. Tulkinghorn Mr. Carboy Mr. Kenge

3. Who proposes marriage to Esther Summerson? Mr. Jarndyce All of these people Mr. Woodcourt Mr. Guppy

4. What is the name of Sir Leicester Dedlock's grand house in Lincolnshire? Heartsease House Dunster House Riverside Mansion Chesney Wold

5. What is the name that is given to the dreadful slum where Jo, the crossing sweeper, just manages to live? Tom-all-Alone's Bleak House Cesspit Corner Brickmaker's Yard

6. Which of Mr. Jarndyce's friends lives next door to Chesney Wold and carries on a legal dispute with Sir Leicester Dedlock? Mr. Skimpole Mr. Boythorn Mr. Coavinses Mr. Bagnett

7. What are the names of the two wards in Chancery that have Mr. Jarndyce appointed as their guardian? Esther Summerson and Charlotte Neckett Richard Carstone and Ada Clare Matthew Bagnett and George Rouncewell Honoria Dedlock and Tom Jarndyce

8. Which friend of Mr. Jarndyce's is constantly on the verge of being arrested for debt? Mr. Skimpole Mr. Woodcourt Mr. Boythorn Mr. Badger

9. Which (probable) illness does Esther catch which proves to have very serious consequences? typhoid scarlet fever cholera smallpox

10. How does Mr.George, the ex-soldier, try to earn a living? He is a barman and cook in one of the London inns He works as a labourer on a farm He runs a shooting gallery and gives fencing lessons He works as a bodyguard for one of the lawyers

11. What does Mr. Tulkinghorn want Mr. Smallweed to obtain from Mr. George? A sample of Richard Carstone's handwriting A sample of Captain Hawdon's handwriting A sample of Mr. Guppy's handwriting A copy of Tom Jarndyce's will

12. How many sons had Mrs. Rouncewell, the old house-keeper at Chesney Wold? Two One Three Four

13. What is the occupation of Mr. Snagsby? a law stationer a lawyer a lawyer's clerk a bailiff

14. What false suspicion did Mrs. Snagsby have about Jo? that Jo was infected with disease that Mr. Snagsby was his father that Jo was Guster's sister that Nemo was Jo's father

15. What is the name of the reverend that Dickens describes as having a good deal of "train oil" in his system and looking like a "bear that has been taught to walk upright"? Mr. Skimpole Mr. Weevil Mr. Chadband Mr. Wemmick

16. Who is the person who kills Mr. Tulkinghorn? Lady Dedlock Lady Dedlock's French maid Hortense Mr. George Captain Hawdon

17. What is the name of the police inspector created by Dickens to solve the murder of Tulkinghorn and to investigate the disappearance of Lady Dedlock? Inspector Wiltshire Inspector Bucket Inspector Johnson Inspector Wall

18. Which character in the book is referred to sarcastically as "The Lord Chancellor"? Mr. Jarndyce Mr. Krook Little Swills Mr. Tulkinghorn

19. How does Mr. Krook die? He falls down a flight of stairs and breaks his neck He explodes into small pieces through spontaneous combustion He is shot by Tom Jarndyce in a fit of rage He expires comfortably in his bed through old age

20. Into the hands of which lawyer does Richard place his affairs? Mr. Vholes Mr. Tulkinghorn Mr. Kenge Mr. Guppy

21. What finally happens in the great legal case of "Jarndyce and Jarndyce"? The money is equally divided amongst all the heirs The money in the case has been absorbed in legal costs Tulkinghorn has stolen all the money Richard Carstone is awarded all the money in the case

22. What is the name of Krook's cat? Jemima Lady Jane Precedent Madame Claws

23. What are the names of the Smallweed grandchildren? Freddy and Jane Bart and Judy Joshua and Betty Micah and Hepzibah

24. Which of the following is never a lodger at Krook's house? Nemo Phil Squod Miss Flite Mr. Jobling

25. Whose children have to give up their pocket money to good causes whether they want to or not? Mrs. Jellyby's children Mrs. Pardiggle's children Mrs. Rouncewell's children The Neckett children