dickens and alcott webquest

Dickens and Alcott Webquest

Using the web, find the answers to the following questions about the foremost writers of the 20th century.

1. When and where was Charles Dickens born? _______________________________

2. When and where was Louisa May Alcott born? ______________________________

3. Describe Dickens’ childhood. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. How did his childhood effect the subject of his writings? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. Describe Alcott’s childhood. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. How did her childhood effect the subject of her writings? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. Name two characters in Dickens’ work that mirror members of his family. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. Name two characters in Alcott’s work that mirror members of her family. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9. Name two novels of Dickens written prior to A Christmas Carol. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10. Name two novels of Alcott’s written after Little Women ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

11.What is the most autobiographical of Dickens’ novels? _______________________

12.What is the most autobiographical of Alcott’s novels? _________________________

13.Name two famous authors who were friends of Dickens. ______________________

14.Name two famous authors who were friends of Alcott. _______________________

15.Compare and contrast the works of Alcott and Dickens. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________