A Christmas Carol

Who wrote A Christmas Carol?

• William Shakespeare

• JB Priestley

• Charles Dickens

Which quotation begins the novella?

• 'Marley was dead: to begin with'

• 'as solitary as an oyster'

• 'as hard and sharp as flint'

Which technique is used to symbolise Scrooge's cruel and ignorant nature?

• Pathetic fallacy

• Personification

• Metaphor

Scrooge loves Christmas: true or false?

• True

• False

Fred is Scrooge's ________________?

• Oxymoron

• Foil

• Metaphor

What does Scrooge say when the charity collectors ask him to donate?

• Absolutely not!

• Are there no prisons?

• Bah humbug!

Which ghost appears first?

• The Ghost of Christmas Past

• Marley's ghost

• The Ghost of Christmas Present

What do Marley's chains symbolise?

• His lack of power

• His pain

• His sins (greed and ignorance)

What does Marley say with regret and remorse?

• Mankind was my business

• Expect the first at midnight

• You must change

How is the light of the Ghost of Christmas Past described?

• as candle-like

• as burning

• as a bright, clear jet of light