Constructing an argument about the ghosts | Starter Quiz | Oak National Academy

Match the stave from 'A Christmas Carol' up to the ghost who visits Scrooge in that stave.

• Stave 3

• The Ghost of Christmas Present

• Stave 4

• The Ghost of Christmas Past

• Stave 2

• The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

• Stave 1

• Marley's Ghost

Answer explanation

These are the ghosts who visit Scrooge in the novella and the staves in which they visit him.

Match the allusion Dickens makes to the ghost he uses to make the allusion in 'A Christmas Carol'.

• The German Christkindl

• The Ghost of Christmas Past

• Victorian Father Christmas

• The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

• The Grim Reaper

• The Ghost of Christmas Present

Answer explanation

Dickens uses the ghosts' appearances to allude to other figures in popular culture.

In 'A Christmas Carol', which spirit shows Scrooge the scenes of Mrs Dilber and her criminal friends bargaining over some stolen possessions?

• Marley's Ghost

• The Ghost of Christmas Past

• The Ghost of Christmas Present

• The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

Answer explanation

In Stave 4, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows Scrooge the scenes of Mrs Dilber and her criminal friends bargaining over some stolen possessions.

In 'A Christmas Carol', which spirit has the characters Ignorance and Want with it?

• Marley's Ghost

• The Ghost of Christmas Past

• The Ghost of Christmas Present

• The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

Answer explanation

The Ghost of Christmas Present brings Ignorance and Want out from underneath the folds of its robe.

In 'A Christmas Carol', which spirit repeats Scrooge's words 'Are there no prisons?' back to him?

• Marley's Ghost

• The Ghost of Christmas Past

• The Ghost of Christmas Present

• The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

Answer explanation

In Stave 4, when Scrooge is appalled by the appearance of Ignorance and Want, the Ghost of Christmas Present repeats his own words 'Are there no prisons?' back at him to highlight his hypocrisy and cruelty.

In Stave 1 of 'A Christmas Carol', Dickens uses the portly gentlemen as a mouthpiece to directly contradict the common (a)   beliefs and ideologies that pervaded Victorian society at the time.

Answer explanation

In Stave 1 of 'A Christmas Carol', Dickens uses the portly gentlemen as a mouthpiece to directly contradict the common Malthusian beliefs and ideologies that pervaded Victorian society at the time.