Why are the roles of the Do-gooders, the Thin Man and the Portly Man, significant?

c. They allow the reader to see that Scrooge is a misanthrope.

a. They are collecting for the poor.

b. They do not celebrate Christmas.

What can the audience infer about Bob Cratchit when he gives a coin to the men collecting for the poor?

d. He does not consider himself poor.

b. He is very embarrassed by Scrooge’s behavior.

c. He wants to “outshine” Scrooge.

Which of the following quotes BEST demonstrates how Scrooge feels about Christmas Eve in Act 1 Scene 3?

a. "No light at all...no moon...that is what is at the center of Christmas Eve: dead black: void..."

b. "Humbug! I tell you: humbug!"

Which of the following statements illustrates that Fred (Nephew) feels SORRY for his uncle?

b. “Who suffers by his ill whims? Himself, always…”

a. “Well, he’s a comical old fellow, that’s the truth.”

c. "What right have you to be dismal? What right have you to be morose? You're rich enough?"

Which quotation best supports the answer to the question above?

b. “Nephew! You keep Christmas in your own way and let me keep it in mine.”

a. “Only three! And quite dark outside already: it has not been light all day this day.”

c. “Let me hear another sound from you and you’ll keep your Christmas by losing your situation.”

How does Marley get the chain he wears as a ghost?

c. He made the chain with the choices he made in life and his greed.

a. He was given the chain by a wandering ghost.

b. He created the chain by adding links each time he screamed.

When Scrooge returns to his quarters on Christmas Eve night, he does all of the following EXCEPT

d. He locks all the windows and the doors, and he goes to sleep.

b. He checks each room and looks under the sofa and table.

c. He fixes his evening gruel and eats it by the small fire.

The Ghost of Christmas PAST takes Scrooge to all of the following settings EXCEPT:

b. his old employer's office (Fezziwig)

c. Scrooge's school that he attended as a little boy

What does the reader learn about Scrooge’s boyhood during the visit from the Ghost of Christmas Past?

a. He was alone and lonely as a child.

b. He was a favorite of the schoolmaster.

How does Scrooge respond to seeing his former Master Fezziwig’s Christmas party?

b. He wishes he could say a word or two to his clerk Bob Cratchit.

c. He wishes he had given money to the boy singing carols.

d. He realizes how much he misses his sister Fan.

What does the reader learn about Scrooge’s past from the dialogue between young Scrooge and the young woman (Belle)?

a. She is ending their engagement because he is too concerned with making money.

b. She is ending their engagement because they became engaged when they were very young.

c. She is ending their engagement because she believes he loves another woman.

How does the reader know that Scrooge is evolving when the Ghost of Christmas Past takes him to his past?

c. Scrooge tells the Spirit to remove him from one of the scenes from his past.

a. He tells Marley that he must get back to work.

b. He decides to spend Christmas with his nephew, Fred.

What can the reader infer from Fan’s (Scrooge's sister) speech to young Scrooge?

c. Scrooge’s father was unkind in the past and would not allow him to come home for Christmas.

a. This is young Scrooge’s first Christmas away from home.

b. Scrooge’s father did not believe in Christmas either.

What incident shows that Scrooge has not completely EVOLVED from his visit with the Ghost of Christmas Present?

c. He thinks Bob Cratchit is foolish to have so many children on his salary.

a. He goes willingly with the Ghost of Christmas Present.

b. He asks if the Ghost sprinkles his kindness on everyone.

What lesson does Scrooge learn from the Ghost of Christmas PAST?

b. A good employer (boss) treats his/her workers with kindness and respect.

c. The poor cannot be blamed for their poverty.

d. Childhood experiences do not impact one's future.

How does Marley try to astonish Scrooge in the opening of Act II, Scene 1?

c. He shows Scrooge no one, nothing.

What does the Ghost of Christmas Present mean when he says he has “[m]ore than eighteen hundred brothers”?

d. Each brother represents a year since the first Christmas.

b. The Ghost of Christmas Present’s family has over eighteen hundred members.

c. Each brother represents a year since a man like Marley has been visited.

The Cratchit family celebrates Christmas in all of the following ways except

a. They give each other expensive presents.

b. They eat a family meal together.

c. They pray and thank God for what they have.

Which statement best explains why the Ghost of Christmas Present brings Scrooge to visit the Cratchit family’s Christmas celebration?

d. “They are happy, grateful, pleased with one another, contented with the time and how it passes.”

b. “Their shoes are not even waterproofed by virtue of money or cleverness spent.”

c. “They don’t sing very well, do they?”

What is Dickens’s intention for including the scene with Mrs. Dilber, Old Joe, and the Man and Woman?

b. He wants to illustrate that no one cared about Scrooge in the event of his death; they only wanted his belongings.

a. He wants to illustrate the greediness of the poor.

c. He wants to illustrate the extent of Scrooge’s wealth.

The setting of the scene with Mrs. Dilber, Old Joe, and the Man and Woman is

c. Old Joe's Hideaway in the FUTURE.

a. Old Joe's Hideaway in the PAST.

b. Old Joe's Hideaway in the PRESENT.

Why does Bob Cratchit make a toast to Scrooge?

b. He is grateful for his employment.

What is the Ghost of Christmas Present’s intent when he says of the Cratchits, “Fifteen shillings a week and they do sing”?

d. Even though the Cratchits are poor, they enjoy being together.

b. Singing is the only way the Cratchits can celebrate the holiday.

c. The Cratchits sing at rich people’s parties to earn extra money.

Why does the Ghost of Christmas Present say he sprinkles kindness on the poor?

The poor need kindness the most.

c. The rich do not like sprinkles.

Why did Scrooge want the Ghost of Christmas Present to make him visible and audible after watching his Nephew (Fred) and his wife?

c. Scrooge wanted to talk with them.

a. Scrooge wanted to cook Christmas dinner for them.

b. Scrooge was afraid they had forgotten him.

Why does the Ghost of Christmas Present repeat the following passage to Scrooge as he fades away? (Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?)

b. The Ghost is repeating Scrooge’s words; Scrooge believes the poor belong in prisons or workhouses.

a. The Ghost thinks the poor belong in prisons or workhouses.

c. The Ghost thinks Scrooge belongs in a prison or workhouse.

How is the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (Future) different from Ghosts of Christmas Present and Christmas Past?

b. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (Future) does not speak.

c. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (Future) seems unconcerned with Scrooge's fate.

Why is the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (Future) mute?

a. The ghost does not speak because the future has not happened yet and may still be changed.

b. This is the last of the ghosts; there is nothing left for him to teach Scrooge.

c. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (Future) is completely uninterested in Scrooge’s fate.

Future shows Scrooge all of the following events except:

d. Fezziwig's Christmas Eve celebration

b. a gravestone with Scrooge's name on it

Why does Scrooge ask if Tiny Tim will live?

b. He is starting to care about the Cratchit family.

a. He is afraid of Tiny Tim’s ghost.

c. He doesn’t want to have to pay for his doctor bills.

On Christmas Day, Scrooge does all of the following except

b. He gives Bob Cratchit a raise.

d. He goes to dinner at his nephew’s home.

Which of the following statements proves that Scrooge is a dynamic character?

c. “I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future… I will not shut out lessons that they teach.”

a. “Why show me this, if I am past all hope.”

b. “Oh. Good Spirit, I see by your wavering hand that your good nature intercedes for me and pities me.”

Which statement(s) can be a theme of A Christmas Carol?

b. Money doesn’t buy a person’s happiness.

c. It is worthwhile and rewarding to care about other people.

"Tonight is you have aught teach me, let me profit by it."

c. Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (Future)

"Thank you dear Lord, for your many gifts...our dear children; our wonderful meal; our love for one another..."

c. Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (Future)

"My time grows short...Do you see how I've aged?"

e. Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (Future)

"If he wanted to keep 'em after he was dead, the wicked old screw, why wasn't he natural in his lifetime?"

e. Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (Future)

Act 1 and 2: A Christmas Carol Review

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When does the ENTIRE ACTION of the play take place?

a. Christmas Eve, 1843

b. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, 1843

c. Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the morning of the day after Christmas, 1843

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which excerpt from below is an example of STAGE DIRECTIONS?

a. [A PHANTOM, hooded, appears in dim light, D., opposite.]

b. MARLEY: My name is Jacob Marley and I am dead.

c. Various locations in and around the city of London

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

ALL of the following locations serve as a setting of Act I EXCEPT:

b. Scrooge's chambers and offices

c. Scrooge’s school

d. a workhouse

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the PURPOSE of Marley’s speech in the beginning of Act I?

a. to present himself as the Ghost of Christmas Past

b. to introduce the character of Scrooge to the audience

c. to explain why he walks the earth as a spirit

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the reader learn about Scrooge’s CHARACTER from Marley in the first scene of Act I?

a. He is a happy and content man.

b. He often gives money to beggars.

c. He is a solitary miser and a misanthrope.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why does Scrooge object to people enjoying Christmas?

a. He finds Christmas sad because Marley died on Christmas Eve.

b. He cares only for making money, and Christmas interrupts business.

c. He only pretends to dislike Christmas by saying, “Humbug.”

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

During the Victorian time period, what was the purpose of the Treadmill ?

a. to help people lose weight

b. to punish prisoners in jail

c. to give prisoners in jail the chance to earn money

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