Stave 4: Scrooge's fears | Starter Quiz | Oak National Academy

Which part of a person's life did Charles Dickens think was particularly significant in shaping a person?

• old age

• childhood

• young adulthood

• mid adulthood

Answer explanation

Dickens believed that childhood was an instrumental time in shaping a person.

What did Charles Dickens believe would happen to children who faced injustice?

• They would grow up to be poor.

• They would grow up to be lonely.

• They would grow up to be resentful.

• They would turn their backs on society.

• They would die young.

Answer explanation

Dickens believed that children who faced injustice would grow up to be resentful and would turn their backs on society.

Which of the following statements are true about Scrooge's childhood in 'A Christmas Carol'?

• Scrooge was neglected by his friends.

• Scrooge's father died when he was a very young boy.

• Scrooge's little sister Fan ran away to France when she was a young adult.

• Scrooge's father left him at boarding school during the holidays.

• Scrooge was a well-loved child at school - particularly by his teachers.

Answer explanation

In stave 2, we are shown young Scrooge, neglected by his friends and left at boarding school during the holidays.

In 'A Christmas Carol', why does Belle break her engagement with Scrooge off?

• Because he doesn't have enough money to sustain a life with her.

• Because she doesn't love him anymore.

• Because she recognises that his priorities have changed.

• Because he didn't want to have a family with her.

Answer explanation

In stave 2 of the novella, Belle breaks her engagement with Scrooge off because she recognises that his priorities have changed - he now values money more than her.

Which of the following is the correct definition for the term 'emotional repression'?

• When you don't feel any emotions at all.

• When you are overhwlemed with extreme emotion.

• When you push your emotions away and ignore them.

• When you show your emotions clearly to others.

• When you cannot interpret or understand other people's emotions.

Answer explanation

Emotional repression is when a person pushes their emotions away and ignores them.

Match the 'A Christmas Carol' quotation up to the stave it appears in.

• stave 2

• “Because you fell in love!” growled Scrooge...

• stave 4

• “A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there"

• stave 3

• “Are there no prisons?” said the Spirit, turning on him..."

• stave 1

• "Assure me that I yet may change these shadows"

Answer explanation

These are all quotations from across staves 1-4 of 'A Christmas Carol'.