<p> Name______Period______</p><p>Charles Dickens Background:</p><p>Watch the short animation at http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/bleakhouse/animation.shtml (The link is also on my website.) Answer the following questions. It is very short so you may have to watch it twice to get all the answers.</p><p>1. When was Charles Dickens born?</p><p>2. How many siblings did he have? ____ How many survived to adulthood? ______</p><p>3. When did the family move to London?</p><p>4. Was his family rich or poor?</p><p>5. Where did Dickens first work and at what age? How many hours a day?</p><p>6. What happened to Dicken’s father?</p><p>7. How did Dickens begin his writing career?</p><p>8. When was his first piece of fiction published?</p><p>9. What rumors were spread about Dickens and why?</p><p>10. What countries did Dickens visit with his family?</p><p>11. What did he buy when he was 44 and what did it symbolize?</p><p>12. How old was Charles Dickens when he died?</p>