WorksheetsA Christmas Carol Act 1
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 10mins
What does Scrooge tell his employee Bob to do if Scrooge gives him Christmas Day off ?
Bring in more coal to heat up the office
Take good care of his family during Christmas Day
Come in early to work the next day after Christmas Day
Find someone to replace him for the day off
What is the goal of Marley's Ghost's visit to Scrooge?
To warn Scrooge
To cheer Scrooge up
To find some food and lodging
To get his chains off
What reason does Scrooge give for not believing Marley?
He isn't a religious man
It is the result of stomach problems
His house has never been haunted before
He believes he is a spirit himself
Why was Marley not permitted (allowed) to rest?
He was greedy in life and must walk among his fellow-men now
He is chained up and can't get free
He can't find his way to his resting place
He agreed to do this for eternity
In this sentence, which would be considered the stage direction?
SCROOGE: {Panicked} Fly, but I am a mortal and cannot fly!
SCROOGE
{Panicked}
Fly, but I am a mortal and cannot fly
All of the above
Choose all the negative actions Scrooge does in Act 1 of A Christmas Carol.
Scrooge’s mistreatment of Bob Cratchit
Scrooge’s mistreatment of his nephew Fred
Scrooge’s rudeness and impoliteness towards the two portly man and the thin man
Scrooge's happiness upon seeing his old boss Fezziwig
Scrooge's love for his beloved
What does Scrooge value in life?
Making friends
Visiting his relatives
Making money
Helping the poor
How does Scrooge's love for money affect his personality?
He becomes alone
He becomes covetous
He becomes hardhearted
He becomes morose
According to the dialogue between the younger Scrooge and the woman in Act I, Scene 5, of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, why is the woman ending their engagement?
He is too interested in money.
She thinks they are too young to marry.
She believes he loves another woman.
He calls her a mindless loon.
In Act I, Scene 2, of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, why does Scrooge object to people enjoying Christmas?
He is sad at Christmas because Marley died on Christmas Eve.
He actually likes Christmas and only pretends to dislike it.
He believes poor people should be unhappy even at Christmas.
He cares only for making money, and Christmas is an interruption.
In Act I, Scene 2, of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, what do you learn about the characters from the dialogue between Scrooge and his nephew?
They have different ideas about the value of Christmas.
They have different ideas about the value of youth and age.
They have different ideas about how to run a business.
They have different ideas about the meaning of humbug.
Which line of dialogue best describes Scrooge’s nephew’s ideas about Christmas?
“Christmas a ‘humbug,’ Uncle? I’m sure you don’t mean that.”
“[Christmas is] when men and women seem to open their shut-up hearts freely.”
“Don’t be angry, Uncle. Come! Dine with us tomorrow.”
“I’ll keep my Christmas humor to the last. So a Merry Christmas, Uncle!”
