"A Christmas Carol" Quiz Study Guide

What is a character trait for Scrooge at the BEGINNING of the play?

• Happy

• Greedy

• Sluggish

• Jubilant

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What do the ghosts want Scrooge to do?

• Feel worthless

• Reconsider his own words

• Apologize to the Cratchits

• Feel guilty and suffer

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does "Bah humbug!" mean?

• Best wishes!

• See you later!

• Good morning!

• Nonsense!

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does it mean when the Spirit says, "he made the chain link by link?"

• During life, he ignored the known

• He is chaining Scrooge to a bad afterlife

• His chain is a result of his choices/actions

• He was a blacksmith in life and made it

What is a character trait for Bob Cratchit?

• Hard working

• Miserly

• Defeated

• Generous

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who showed Scrooge how happy he once was?

• Ghost of Christmas yet to come

• Ghost of Christmas present

• Ghost of Christmas past

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Where and during what time period does the play take place?

• Ireland, the Industrial Era

• Australia, 2013

• London, Victorian Era

• London, Future

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

"Are these the shadows of things that will be...or that may be?" What is Scrooge asking?

• If he has to change his ways

• If death is coming soon.

• When he will die.

• If his future is already set, or if he can still change his ways

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why does Marley carry such a heavy chain?

• To show his good deeds in life

• As punishment for kind deeds not done

• To represent how many years since he died

• To show Scrooge how many years he has left

Who does Marley blame for his fate?

• God

• Scrooge

• No one

• Himself