Anagrammed Works of Charles Dickens Quiz

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1. Riding in the RAILCAR really upset our STOMACHS.

Answer: A Christmas Carol

"A Christmas Carol" is one of the most popular and enduring Christmas stories of all times. Written in 1843, it was an immediate success.

2. It was EXASPERATING listening to the out-of-tune OCTET!

Answer: Great Expectations

"Great Expectations" is the story of an orphan boy, Pip, as he recounts his life from boyhood to adult. It is considered semi-autobiographical of Dickens' life as it drew on events and people in his life.

3. On the expert's ADVICE, he FLIPPED the ROD over and tried again.

Answer: David Copperfield

"David Copperfield was Dickens' favorite story and most closely autobiographic of his life. It is told in the first person narrative style, the first of his novels to use this technique.

4. Whatever is AFOOT, it is sure to ELICIT SWEAT as we try to figure out the mystery.

Answer: A Tale of Two Cities

Set in the time of the French Revolution, "A Tale of Two Cities" takes place in London and Paris. It is the story of a licentious barrister who redeems himself by sacrificing his life to save the life of a French aristocrat because of his love for the Frenchman's wife.

5. Whose ROLE is it to TILT that pole in the DIRT?

Answer: Little Dorrit

"Little Dorrit" is a satire about the shortcomings in government and society of the mid 1800's. Dickens' main focus is on debtor's prisons and features the one his father was at one time imprisoned.

6. I do believe that IT is the WORST thing to do something EVIL.

Answer: Oliver Twist

"Oliver Twist" is the story of a boy born in poverty in a workhouse. The book calls attention to many social ills including child labor, forcing the poor into workhouses, and the recruitment of children as criminals.

7. In the hog calling contest, the one who can OINK the most ABLY CLINCHES the title.

Answer: Nicholas Nickleby

"The Live and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby" is a comical story focusing on a young man who must support his mother and sister after his father passes away.

8. OUR TOYSHOP features fancy DICE and play swords with jewel-encrusted HILTS.

Answer: The Old Curiosity Shop

"The Old Curiosity Shop" is the story of Nell Trent and her grandfather who live at the shop. Grandfather attempts to make a better life for Nell by winning at cards to assure she won't remain in poverty. When he fails, he and Nell must leave the shop and live as beggars.

9. Is it true that CASPER wanted to KICK a WHIPPET?

Answer: The Pickwick Papers

This is Dickens' first novel and formally known as "The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club" but better known as "The Pickwick Papers". Written in serial form, it is a sequence of the related adventures of Mr. Samuel Pickwick and his friends as they journey through the English countryside.

10. ED pointed out the DEFORMITY on the SHOWY RODENT.

Answer: The Mystery of Edwin Drood

"The Mystery of Edwin Drood is Dickens' last book and was unfinished at his death. The story centers on Edwin's Uncle John Jasper who falls in love with Edwin's fianc�e Rosa Bud. Drood is murdered in the story and it is speculated that the uncle kills him. It is unsure if this is the ending Dickens intended.

Source: Author takrom

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