themes & topics   CHARLES DICKENS

 

SCAVENGER HUNT QUESTIONS

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to travel back in time through the miracle of cyberspace and learn more about Charles Dickens, the author of  many outstanding classic pieces of literature. Each question requires your travel to distant sites on the Internet where you will discover clues about the life of Charles Dickens. Use these clues to complete your assignment. Votre mission si vous l'acceptez est de remonter le temps et d'en apprendre plus sur Charles Dickens, auteur de tant de classiques de la littérature. Utilisez l'espace cybernétique et recherchez sur le web les réponses aux questions. Prenez des notes. Attention: vous devrez répondre en anglais et indiquer à chaque fois l'adresse du site sur lequel vous aurez trouvé la réponse. 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. When did Charles Dickens die?

2. How old was he  when his father was put to jail for not paying his bills?

3. When did he start to work? What was his first job?

4. What did he write about?

5. What is the name of the newspaper he worked for before becoming a famous writer?

6.. Charles Dickens spent a lot of time abroad. Which countries did he go to?

7. Find three facts about his family life.

8. Who did he marry in 1836?

9.How many children did he have with Catherine, his wife?

10.When did his career as a writer of fiction actually begin?

11. What are his most well-known and acclaimed works?

12. In which novel can you find a character whose name is a palindrome? What is the real name of this character?

13. Under which pseudonym did Charles Dickens write some of his essays in 1834?

14. For which newspapers did he work?

15. What was his job at Doctor's Commons?

LIENS LINKS 

Google

Utilisez les liens ci-dessous pour effectuer vos recherches. Vous pouvez aussi utiliser le moteur de recherche de Google ci-dessus.  N'oubliez pas de prendre des notes à chaque fois que vous trouvez quelque chose.

Use these links to discover clues about the life of Charles Dickens.

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/dickens.htm 

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jdickens.htm 

http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/bin/litcrit.out.pl?au=dic-25 

 

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