A Christmas Carol: Scrooge & Marley Act 1 & 2

Which of the following pieces of information does Jacob Marley reveal about Ebenezer Scrooge at the opening of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Act I?

• Scrooge often gives money to the poor.

• Scrooge was a good friend to Marley.

• Scrooge likes cold, dark winter days.

• Scrooge is a solitary, miserly man.

According to Act I of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, why does Scrooge object to having people enjoy Christmas?

• He believes that Christmas is for children and that adults should not celebrate it.

• He cares only for making money and considers Christmas an interruption.

• He feels sad at Christmas because Marley died on Christmas Eve.

• He actually enjoys Christmas and only pretends to dislike it.

Near the end of Act I of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Scrooge sees himself as a child at school. What is revealed about his childhood in this scene?

• He was alone and lonely.

• He was terrified of ghosts.

• He cared only about money.

• He was his teacher’s favorite student.

Why does Marley visit Scrooge in his rooms in Act I of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley? Choose two options.

• to ask Scrooge what has been happening at Scrooge and Marley’s

• to see Scrooge again and have a nice chat about old times

• to inform Scrooge that the Three Spirits will haunt him

• to beg Scrooge to help save Marley from his doom

• to rescue Scrooge from sharing Marley’s own fate

Which of the following is the best example of covetous behavior?

• Jorge cheered when Caleb won an award for the best science essay in the class.

• Ling gazed out the window and daydreamed about traveling to exotic places.

• Alissa desperately wanted a guitar like the one that Jordan always played.

• Jonathan baked a pie and invited all his friends over to have a slice.

The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B o the next question.

           Part A Which statement most accurately summarizes what the audience learns about Scrooge after his four visions with the Ghost of Christmas Past?

• Scrooge was not a grumpy miser his entire life.

• Scrooge had a close relationship with his family.

• From an early age, Scrooge isolated himself from others.

• Even as a child, Scrooge had an obsession with money.

After answering Part A in number 6, answer Part B below.

_Part B Which quotation from Act I of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley best supports the answer to Part A?

• Past. The schoolroom is not quite deserted. A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still.

• Fan. He spoke so gently to me one dear night when I was going to bed that I was not afraid to ask him once more if you might come home.

• Scrooge. If ever I own a firm of my own, I shall treat my apprentices with the same dignity and the same grace.

• Scrooge. There is nothing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!

In which of the following sentences does the form of the verb agree with the compound subject?

• Marley or Fred speaking to Scrooge, but is the effort wasted?

• Marley or Fred to speak to Scrooge, but is the effort wasted?

• Marley or Fred speaks to Scrooge, but is the effort wasted?

• Marley or Fred speak to Scrooge, but is the effort wasted?

Choose the version of the sentence in which the subject and verb agree, following the rules for subject-verb agreement with compound subjects.

 

• Neither Grandma nor the distant relatives at our dinner table go hungry during the holidays.

• Neither Grandma nor the distant relatives at our dinner table goes hungry during the holidays.

• Neither Grandma nor the distant relatives at our dinner table to go hungry during the holidays.

• Neither Grandma nor the distant relatives at our dinner table going hungry during the holidays.

The word adroit means “quick, clever, graceful, inventive.” Given this information and your knowledge of the Latin prefix mal-, choose the most likely definition of maladroit.

• dangerous and threatening

• blundering and clumsy

• careful and slow

• quick and skillful