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A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is setting?

a)

time and place of a story, where and when it takes place

b)

exposition at the beginning

c)

presentation of dialogue

d)

dramatic adaptations

2.

What are motives?

a)

the reasons for a character's actions

b)

the timing of the story

c)

the act of creating motive

d)

the directions for characters

3.

What is a dramatic adaptation?

a)

the presentation of a drama in a movie

b)

the story written to be performed in front of an audience

c)

a part of a movie, play, book, or musical that is taken from an original and changed to fit

d)

a message in a play an author is sending

4.

Implored means...

a)

asked or begged

b)

gloomy or ill-tempered

c)

amazing and accomplished

d)

worn or shabby

5.

Morose means...

a)

emptiness

b)

kindliness

c)

gloomy, ill-tempered

d)

heavy, bulky

6.

Destitute means...

a)

person who hates everyone

b)

people rich and well-off

c)

people living in complete poverty

d)

person that is very sick

7.

Misanthrope means...

a)

person who hates everyone

b)

person who loves everyone

c)

person who is nice to everyone

d)

person who doesn't like ropes

8.

Void means...

a)

full and complete

b)

heavy and bulky

c)

total emptiness

d)

computer parts

9.

Ponderous means...

a)

very heavy and bulky

b)

light as a feather

c)

easy to move

d)

a lot to think about

10.

Benevolence means...

a)

kind and good

b)

angry and bad

c)

violent and disturbed

d)

different and obsene

11.

Astonish means...

a)

absolute

b)

amaze

c)

attire

d)

alter

12.

Compulsion means...

a)

a driving, irresistible force

b)

a moving rock on a mountain

c)

a loud noise

d)

a scattered bunch of leaves

13.

Severe means...

a)

amazing

b)

twisted

c)

easy

d)

harsh

14.

Meager means...

a)

of poor quality; a small amount

b)

good quality; the best you can buy

c)

average; good enough

d)

perfect; just the right amount

15.

Threadbare means...

a)

loud and obnoxious

b)

knotty and twisted

c)

heavy and bulky

d)

worn and shabby

16.

Audible means...

a)

loud enough to be heard

b)

quiet enough to not be heard

c)

something you can see

d)

something you can touch

17.

Gnarled means...

a)

knowing how to do something

b)

gnats and flies

c)

knotted and twisted

d)

straight as a line

18.

Dispelled means...

a)

scattered and driven away

b)

moving in the same direction

c)

opposite of spelling

d)

conveyed in the same manner

19.

Allusion is...

a)

a magic trick

b)

a different type of simile

c)

referring to a place, book, character

d)

conversation between characters

20.

Characterization is...

a)

the act of creating and developing a character

b)

the act of getting rid of a character

c)

the act of moving a character

d)

the act of putting a character in a different drama