Featured Article Quiz #88
Dirty Dick
#1 What was Nathaniel Bentley famously known for?
Looking extremely dirty and unwashed
Being famous for growing perfumes and flowers
Being known as a celebrated naval captain
#2 According to the text, what happened to Bentley’s shop contents after he moved out in 1804?
They were sold and some were used to decorate a pub called "Dirty Dicks"
They were shipped overseas and never seen again
They were preserved in a museum as found
#3 In the text, what literary work (and element) is suggested to have been influenced by Bentley’s story?
Great Expectations, including the locked-room element
Oliver Twist, including the focus on pickpocketing gangs
A Tale of Two Cities, including the guillotine plot twist