Christmas Carol Sections 2 and 3 Quiz

 The door of Scrooge’s counting-house was open that he might keep his eye upon his clerk, who in a dismal little cell beyond, a sort of tank, was copying letters. Scrooge had a very small fire, but the clerk’s fire was so very much smaller that it looked like one coal. But he couldn’t replenish it, for Scrooge kept the coal-box in his own room; and so surely as the clerk came in with the shovel, the master predicted that it would be necessary for them to part.

_{A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens}

What do Scrooge's actions toward his clerk suggest about their relationship?

• Scrooge keeps the door open to communicate better with his clerk.

• Scrooge keeps the door open because he does not trust his clerk.

• Scrooge keeps the door open to share the fire with his clerk.

• Scrooge keeps the door open to force his clerk to ask for the shovel.

Which details best reveals what Scrooge's actions toward his clerk suggest about their relationship.

• "The door of Scrooge's counting-house was open that he might keep his eye on his clerk..."

• "Scrooge had a very small fire, but the clerk's fire was so very much smaller that it looked like one coal."

• "But he couldn't replenish it, for Scrooge kept the coal-box in his own room..."

• "...so surely as the clerk came in with the shovel, the master predicted that it would be necessary for them to part."

“Christmas a humbug, uncle!” said Scrooge’s nephew. “You don’t mean that, I am sure."

     “I do,” said Scrooge. “Merry Christmas! what right have you to be merry? what reason have you to be merry? You’re poor enough."

    “Come, then,” returned the nephew gaily. “What right have you to be dismal? what reason have you to be morose? You’re rich enough.”

_{A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens}

How does Scrooge's nephew perceive his uncle?

• Scrooge's nephew believes that his uncle should be spending his money on Christmas.

• Scrooge's nephew understands why his uncle wants to keep his office open on Christmas.

• Scrooge's nephew feels that his uncle does not take the holidays as seriously as he should

• Scrooge's nephew does not understand why Scrooge is disgruntled with the holidays.

Which quotation from the text best reveals how Scrooge's nephew perceives his uncle?

• "Christmas a humbug, uncle!" said Scrooge's nephew.

• "You don't mean that, I am sure?"

• "What reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough."

• "What right have you to be dismal? What reason have you to be morose?"

The quarter was so long, that he was more than once convinced he must have sunk into a doze unconsciously, and missed the clock. At length it broke upon his listening ear.

    “Ding, dong!”

     “A quarter past,” said Scrooge, counting.

    “Ding, dong!”

    “Half past!” said Scrooge.

    “Ding, dong!”

    “A quarter to it,” said Scrooge.

    “Ding, dong!”

    “The hour itself,” said Scrooge, triumphantly, “and nothing else!”

    He spoke before the hour bell sounded, which it now did with a deep, dull, hollow, melancholy ONE. Light flashed up in the room upon the instant, and the curtains of his bed were drawn.

_{A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens}

What impact does the author’s use of repetition and sound devices have on the reader’s understanding of Scrooge’s character?

• It helps the reader better understand Scrooge's anxiety and uncertainty.

• It helps the reader better understand Scrooge's loneliness and solitude.

• It helps the reader better understand Scrooge's doubt and frustration.

• It helps the reader better understand Scrooge's ignorance and bewilderment.

The Spirit signed to him to listen to the two apprentices, who were pouring out their hearts in praise of Fezziwig: and when he had done so, said,

    “Why! Is it not? He has spent but a few pounds of your mortal money: three or four, perhaps. Is that so much that he deserves this praise?”

    “It isn’t that,” said Scrooge, heated by the remark, and speaking unconsciously like his former, not his latter, self. “It isn’t that, Spirit. He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. Say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count ’em up: what then? The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune.”

_{A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens}

How does the Ghost of Christmas Past's perspective about Fezziwig affect Scrooge?

• Scrooge says to the Ghost that Fezziwig was a good businessman revealing that Scrooge wants to run his office differently.

• Scrooge says that the Ghost is wrong about Fezziwig, revealing that Scrooge remembers his own youth better than he thought he did.

• Scrooge explains to the Ghost why Fezziwig's actions are so important, revealing that Scrooge is starting to value the importance of treating others kindly.

• Scrooge begs the Ghost to let him stay at the party, revealing that Scrooge misses the company and friendship of others.