Characters
100: The main character of the novel, an orphan boy.
Who is Oliver Twist?
100: The type of institution where Oliver is born and initially raised.
What is a workhouse?
100: The famous line Oliver says when asking for more food.
What is "Please, sir, I want some more"?
100: A type of speech pattern Dickens uses for lower-class characters.
What is dialect or slang?
100: The social issue Dickens criticizes through the portrayal of the workhouse.
What is poverty?
200: The leader of the gang of child pickpockets.
Who is Fagin?
200: The criminal activity that Fagin's gang primarily engages in.
What is pickpocketing?
200: The first "job" Oliver is sold into after leaving the workhouse.
What is an apprentice undertaker?
200: The literary device Dickens uses when he calls Mr. Bumble a "parochial petty tyrant".
What is alliteration?
200: The concept represented by characters like Nancy, showing people aren't all good or bad.
What is moral ambiguity?
300: The kind gentleman who takes Oliver in and becomes his benefactor.
Who is Mr. Brownlow?
300: The London neighborhood where Fagin's den is located.
What is Whitechapel?
300: The item Oliver is accused of stealing, leading to his arrest.
What is a handkerchief?
300: The technique Dickens uses to create memorable character names like "Fagin" or "Sikes".
What is characternym or aptronym?
300: The theme explored through Oliver's journey from workhouse to wealthy home.
What is social mobility or class?
400: Oliver's half-brother, also known as "Monks".
Who is Edward Leeford?
400: The profession of Mr. Brownlow, indicating his educated status.
What is a gentleman?
400: The character who fatally wounds Nancy.
Who is Bill Sikes?
400: The character who fatally wounds Nancy.
Who is Bill Sikes?
400: The type of narrative voice Dickens uses, commenting on events and characters.
What is omniscient narrator?
400: The symbolic meaning of London's foggy, dark streets.
What is moral corruption or confusion?
500: The cruel master of the workhouse where Oliver starts his journey.
Who is Mr. Bumble?
500: The river that flows through London, mentioned several times in the novel.
What is the Thames?
500: The revelation about Oliver's true identity at the end of the novel.
What is that he's from a wealthy family?
500: The literary device in "The pale face of a young woman was raised feebly from the pillow".
What is metonymy?
500: The theme represented by Mr. Brownlow's kindness to Oliver.
What is compassion or benevolence?