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Little Dorrit Trivia Quiz

"Little Dorrit" is one of Charles Dickens' masterpieces, published as a serial novel between 1855 and 1857. It's a satire that criticizes the hypocrisy of society and the way poor people were treated.

A multiple-choice quiz by wardcogge. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
wardcogge

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
300,430

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
19 / 25

Plays
645

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 25

1. What is Little Dorrit's first name? Hint

Fanny

Amy

Maggy

Suzy

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Question 2 of 25

2. Where was Little Dorrit born? Hint

Bleeding Heart Yard

Marshalsea Prison

Marseilles

Twickenham

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Question 3 of 25

3. Why was William Dorrit imprisoned? Hint

Debts

Murder

Robbery

Fraud

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Question 4 of 25

4. Who has dreams that aren't really dreams? Hint

Amy

Mrs Affery Flintwinch

Fanny

Maggy

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Question 5 of 25

5. What does Mr Flintwinch give to his twin brother Ephraim? Hint

Iron box

Portrait of Mrs Clennam

Cabbage-headed candle

Golden watch

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Question 6 of 25

6. How old was Maggy when she had a bad fever? Hint

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Question 7 of 25

7. In which government department does Arthur Clennam try to get an appointment with Mr Tite Barnacle? Hint

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regularity Reform

Government Actuary's Department

Charity Commission

Circumlocution Office

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Question 8 of 25

8. In his youth Arthur Clennam loved Flora. Why is he disappointed when he sees her back? Hint

She's married Mr Gowan

She's wearing an ugly dress

She calls him a Devil

She's fat, silly and short of breath

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Question 9 of 25

9. What's untrue about John Chivery? Hint

His father is a turnkey

He loves Little Dorrit

His mother conducts a tobacco business

He's a rent collector

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Question 10 of 25

10. What's the nickname of Miss Minnie Meagles? Hint

Tip

Tattycoram

Little Mother

Pet

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Question 11 of 25

11. To which number does Tattycoram have to count when she loses her temper? Hint

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Question 12 of 25

12. What pet does Mrs Merdle own? Hint

Cat

Parrot

Dog

Tortoise

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Question 13 of 25

13. Which of the following names isn't used by the same person? Hint

Cavalletto

Lagnier

Rigaud

Blandois

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Question 14 of 25

14. Little Dorrit tells Maggy a story about a princess. What secret was the princess hiding? Hint

Shadow

Earrings

Will

Crown

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Question 15 of 25

15. Who presents himself to Little Dorrit as a gypsy and a fortune-teller? Hint

Mr Casby

Miss Wade

Mr Rigg

Pancks

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Question 16 of 25

16. What does William Dorrit hire Mrs General for? Hint

To spy on his son Edward

To teach his daughters good manners

Financial advice

To find a husband for Amy

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Question 17 of 25

17. Why does Rigaud visit Mrs Clennam? Hint

To kill Mr Flintwinch

She hires him to kill Little Dorrit

He wants to blackmail her

To rob her house

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Question 18 of 25

18. What does the monogram "D.N.F." on Mrs Clennam's golden watch stand for?

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 19 of 25

19. Whom does Tattycoram stay with after running away from the Meagleses? Hint

Edward Dorrit

Daniel Doyce

Miss Wade

Mr & Mrs Plornish

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Question 20 of 25

20. Which of these becomes a married couple? Hint

Arthur Clennam and Minnie Meagles

William Dorrit and Mrs General

John Chivery and Amy Dorrit

Edmund Sparkler and Fanny Dorrit

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Question 21 of 25

21. What does William Dorrit imagine on the evening of his death? Hint

That he sees the ghost of his wife

That he's a shoemaker

That he hears strange noises upstairs

That he's still in the Marshalsea

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Question 22 of 25

22. How does Mr Merdle kill himself? Hint

With Rigaud's pistol

With Fanny's penknife

He jumps in the Thames

He hangs himself

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Question 23 of 25

23. Who is surprisingly imprisoned in the Marshalsea for a while towards the end of the novel? Hint

Mr Rigg

Mr Meagles

Arthur Clennam

Mr Casby

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Question 24 of 25

24. What relation was Frederick Dorrit to Arthur Clennam? Hint

Patron of his biological mother

Biological father of his half-brother

Half-brother of his half-sister

Uncle of his sister's nurse

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Question 25 of 25

25. How does the story end for Little Dorrit? Hint

She ends up poor, bitter and lonely

She dies

She gets married

She becomes a writer

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is Little Dorrit's first name?

Answer: Amy

She's called Little Dorrit because she's the youngest. Edward and Fanny are her older brother and sister.

2. Where was Little Dorrit born?

Answer: Marshalsea Prison

They call her the Child of the Marshalsea because she's the only one who was ever born there. Her mother was pregnant when she followed William to the Marshalsea.

3. Why was William Dorrit imprisoned?

Answer: Debts

Charles Dickens' father has really been in the Marshalsea Debtors' Prison for three months in 1823, when Charles was eleven.

4. Who has dreams that aren't really dreams?

Answer: Mrs Affery Flintwinch

She lives at Mrs Clennam's house, where she sees and hears things that are meant to be secret. Then her husband tries to persuade her that she has been dreaming.

5. What does Mr Flintwinch give to his twin brother Ephraim?

Answer: Iron box

This happens in Affery's first "dream". The box contains a secret codicil. Rigaud will get it in his possession later in Antwerp.

6. How old was Maggy when she had a bad fever?

Answer: 10

She was very ill, and stopped growing up since. She still believes she's only ten. She's the grand-daughter of Amy's old nurse.

7. In which government department does Arthur Clennam try to get an appointment with Mr Tite Barnacle?

Answer: Circumlocution Office

The Circumlocution Office "was beforehand with all the public departments in the art of perceiving - HOW NOT TO DO IT." Dickens criticized the bureaucracy and the fact that politicians did nothing against the growing poverty.

8. In his youth Arthur Clennam loved Flora. Why is he disappointed when he sees her back?

Answer: She's fat, silly and short of breath

She's the widow of Mr Flinching. Not much is left of Arthur's romantic memory of his former love.

9. What's untrue about John Chivery?

Answer: He's a rent collector

He's in love with Little Dorrit, but she can only see him as a friend. He envies Mr Clennam, and becomes very sad.

10. What's the nickname of Miss Minnie Meagles?

Answer: Pet

Arthur tries not to fall in love with her. She marries Henry Gowan.

11. To which number does Tattycoram have to count when she loses her temper?

Answer: 25

Mr Meagles tells her to "count to five-and-twenty" whenever she loses her temper. Her real name is Harriet Beadle. She was a foundling in the Coram Institution.

12. What pet does Mrs Merdle own?

Answer: Parrot

Mrs Merdle is a hypocrite who only cares about good appearances in society. She regularly interrupts her conversation with "Bird, be quiet!"

13. Which of the following names isn't used by the same person?

Answer: Cavalletto

Rigaud is a murder suspect who uses the aliases Lagnier and Blandois. Cavalletto was his fellow prisoner in Marseilles.

14. Little Dorrit tells Maggy a story about a princess. What secret was the princess hiding?

Answer: Shadow

Amy tells this story when she doesn't want to see Arthur in the Marshalsea. It was the shadow of someone who had gone by long ago.

15. Who presents himself to Little Dorrit as a gypsy and a fortune-teller?

Answer: Pancks

Pancks finds out that William Dorrit is the heir to a fortune, and should never have been in Debtors' Prison.

16. What does William Dorrit hire Mrs General for?

Answer: To teach his daughters good manners

Now that he's rich, William Dorrit wants to adjust himself and his family to the proper lifestyle. Fanny and Edward accept this easily, but Amy and William's brother Frederick don't.

17. Why does Rigaud visit Mrs Clennam?

Answer: He wants to blackmail her

The secret codicil that made Little Dorrit a heiress to one thousand guineas was in his possession. In the end Mrs Clennam told the truth to Little Dorrit instead of paying Rigaud.

18. What does the monogram "D.N.F." on Mrs Clennam's golden watch stand for?

Answer: Do not forget

The watch belonged to her late husband. It reminds Mrs Clennam of his adultery, and of the fact that Arthur isn't her biological son. It was, however, intended to remind her of the fact that she had hidden the codicil.

19. Whom does Tattycoram stay with after running away from the Meagleses?

Answer: Miss Wade

The "self-tormentor" Miss Wade recognized herself in Tattycoram (Harriet) because she was also said to have a bad temper and was also an orphan.

20. Which of these becomes a married couple?

Answer: Edmund Sparkler and Fanny Dorrit

Edmund Sparkler is the son from Mrs Merdle's first marriage. At first, she didn't want her son to marry a poor dancer like Fanny, but she changed her mind when the Dorrits got rich.

21. What does William Dorrit imagine on the evening of his death?

Answer: That he's still in the Marshalsea

He's senile and asks for Bob, a former turnkey in the Marshalsea. He dies, and so does his brother Frederick.

22. How does Mr Merdle kill himself?

Answer: With Fanny's penknife

He borrows Fanny's tortoise-shell handled penknife to cut his jugular vein, and is found dead in bath. It turns out that the rich and admired man was a forger and a thief.

23. Who is surprisingly imprisoned in the Marshalsea for a while towards the end of the novel?

Answer: Arthur Clennam

He had made the mistake to ask Mr Merdle for financial advice. He preferred to be imprisoned in the Marshalsea rather than in the King's Bench.

24. What relation was Frederick Dorrit to Arthur Clennam?

Answer: Patron of his biological mother

Arthur's father was an orphan-nephew of Gilbert Clennam. Gilbert arranged a marriage between this nephew and Mrs Clennam. He later added a codicil to his will, leaving a thousand guineas to the the youngest daughter of the patron of Arthur's biological mother, or if this patron didn't have a daughter, to his brother's youngest daughter.

The patron was Frederick Clennam, and the youngest daughter of his brother was Amy Dorrit.

25. How does the story end for Little Dorrit?

Answer: She gets married

She marries Arthur Clennam in St George's Church.

Source: Author wardcogge

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