A Christmas Carol Test

Scrooge turns down Fred's invitation to Christmas dinner because he

• doesn't feel well

• prefers not to celebrate Christmas

• doesn't like Fred's wife

• plans to do something with the Cratchits instead

What does the Spirit of Christmas Past represent?

• Scrooge's lucky nature

• Scrooge's mistakes

• Scrooge's fun loving nature

• Scrooge's intelligence

Why does the Spirit of Christmas Present look like Fezziwig?

• because Fezziwig has died and is now a ghost

• to point out that Fezziwig was kind to his employees but Scrooge is not

• to show that Fezziwig was very similar to Scrooge

• because Fezziwig was very handsome

The spirit of Christmas Yet to Come helps Scrooge understand that

• wealth is the best route to happiness
• a life of greed is pointless in the end
• no one can take advantage of you if you don't let them
• everything works out for the best in the end

At the end of the play, Scrooge discovers that

• he can pay others to do things he doesn't want to do himself

• making other people happy can bring him joy

• the people he has hurt will not forgive him

• he can't really change the future even though he would like to 

Scrooge's main conflict throughout the play is an example of

• man versus man

• man versus self

• man versus nature

• man versus society

Charles Dickens got his ideas to write A Christmas Carol from

• his own childhood experience

• a friend he had named Fezziwig

• an earlier book he wrote called Great Expectations

• the lyrics in a Christmas song

What was going on in England when Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol?

• the industrial revolution

• the majority of the population had stopped celebrating Christmas

• one third of the population lived in poverty

• The Rich Law of 1834 was passed

The Gentleman Visitor who comes to Scrooge's office wants Scrooge to

• remember his childhood

• go into business with him

• close his office for Christmas

• help the poor by donating money

Who is Marley

• Scrooge's nephew

• Scrooge's servant

• Tiny Tim's father

• Scrooge's dead work partner