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Christmas Carol and Conflict Poetry

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Another idol has displaced me, a golden one, I release you"

Who said this and what does he/she mean?

a)

Young Scrooge; he wants to break his engagement with Belle.

b)

Belle; she wants to break her engagement with young Scrooge.

2.

"God bless us, everyone!"

Who said this and what does it show?

a)

Scrooge; shows at the end he wishes every one well.

b)

Tiny Tim; shows his optimism and kindness.

3.

"Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?"

Who said this and why?

a)

Two Portly Gentlemen; because they want Scrooge to donate to charity.

b)

Scrooge; because he doesn't want to donate to charity.

4.

"I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year."

Who said this and why?

a)

Scrooge; because he has learned from the ghosts that he should have a Christmas spirit and be generous to others.

b)

Fred; because he celebrates Christmas every year.

c)

Bob; because he likes to spend time with family every Christmas.

5.

Who says this and what does it mean? "I forged this chain, link by link."

a)

Jacob Marley; means he wears a chain like a punishment for his greed.

b)

Belle; means she feels chained up because of Scrooge's greed.

6.

Who says this "Christmas is the only time when men and women open their shut-up hearts and think of less fortunate people" and what does "less fortunate people" mean?

a)

Tiny Tim; "less fortunate people" means crippled children.

b)

Fred; "less fortunate people" means people in need.

c)

Scrooge; "less fortunate people" means people living in poverty.

d)

Belle; "less fortunate people" means single women.

7.

Who is being referred to in this quote and what does the quote mean? "He was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone...a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner!"

a)

Marley; means he was greedy.

b)

Scrooge; means he is greedy.

8.

Who says "I have always thought of Christmas-time...as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time" and why?

a)

Scrooge; because he has changed at the end of the text and shows he now has a Christmas spirit.

b)

Bob Cratchit; because he toasts to Scrooge's health.

c)

Tiny Tim; because he wishes Scrooge well.

d)

Fred; because he attempts to persuade Scrooge to celebrate Christmas and be kind at such a time.

9.

Who says "Scrooge was better than his word . . . . He became as good a friend, as good a master, as good a man" and why?

a)

the director; because he wants to show Scrooge has changed into a good man.

b)

the narrator; because the text's ending illustrates the protagonist's growth.

c)

Scrooge; because he had changed at the end of the novella

d)

the actor; because he wants to show the audience that Scrooge is a good master.

10.

Who says "I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off ...until the master passion, Gain, engrosses you" and why?

a)

Fred; because he thinks Scrooge is becoming greedy.

b)

Bob; because he believes Scrooge refuses to give him a pay rise.

c)

Belle; because she thinks Scrooge is becoming greedy.

d)

One of the ghosts; because he believes Scrooge only cares about money.

11.

'We watch them wandering up and down the wind's

nonchalance,

But nothing happens.'

a)

Exposure

b)

Belfast Confetti

c)

Charge of the Light Brigade

d)

What were they like?

12.

'When can their glory fade?

O the wild charge they made!'

a)

The Man He Killed

b)

Charge of the Light Brigade

c)

Exposure

d)

The Destruction of Sennacherib

13.

'And measured motion like a living thing, Strode after me'

a)

Exposure

b)

Poppies

c)

A Poison Tree

d)

Extract from, The Prelude

14.

'Explain yuself'

a)

Half-Caste

b)

No problem

c)

Cousin Kate

d)

War Photographer

15.

Which of these is NOT a Romantic poet?

a)

Lord Byron

b)

Blake

c)

Owen

d)

Wordsworth

16.

'it was raining exclamation marks'

a)

The Class Game

b)

The Prelude

c)

Belfast Confetti

d)

The Charge of the Light Brigade

17.

'mouth too small for her dark scream, began to run...'

a)

Cousin Kate

b)

Poppies

c)

Catrin

d)

War Photographer

18.

Which poem is this?

a)

Poppies

b)

The Man He Killed

c)

Exposure

d)

The Charge of the Light Brigade

19.

Which poem is this?

a)

Poppies

b)

Belfast Confetti

c)

Exposure

d)

The Charge of the Light Brigade

20.

'How can you tell what class I'm from?'

a)

The Class Game

b)

Half-Caste

c)

Belfast Confetti

d)

Cousin Kate