Act 1 and 2: A Christmas Carol Review

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

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

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

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

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.

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.”

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

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

• a. They are collecting for the poor.
• b. They do not celebrate Christmas.
• c. They allow the reader to see that Scrooge is a misanthrope.

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

• b. He is very embarrassed by Scrooge’s behavior.
• c. He wants to “outshine” Scrooge.
• d. He does not consider himself poor.

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!"
• c. "Who are you?"