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WorksheetsY10 English due Weds 10th November
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does Belle say Scrooge cares more about, when she breaks off their engagement in Stave Two?
a)
a 'golden … idol'
b)
an 'obsession with spending'
c)
an 'incessant … greed'
d)
a 'love for charity'
2.
What is the name of Scrooge's employer when he was an apprentice?
a)
Fezziwig
b)
Marley
c)
Cratchit
d)
Fred
3.
What did Dickens want to achieve?
a)
social reform
b)
social inequality
c)
social hierarchy
d)
social injustice
4.
A critical evaluation should start with what type of sentence?
a)
Although… , … .
b)
I agree that … .
c)
I disagree that … .
d)
The writer presents… .
5.
Dickens promotes social ______ by exposing the _________ behind prejudiced perspectives against those in poverty.
a)
reform , ignorance
b)
inequality , ignorance
c)
commentary , benevolence
d)
reform , responsibility
6.
Dickens advocates benevolence by demonstrating that _______________ are more valuable than money and material possessions
a)
time and love
b)
greed and power
c)
ignorance and prejudice
d)
crime and punishment
7.
A story, poem or picture with a hidden meaning
a)
allegory
b)
contrast
c)
abundance
d)
antithesis
8.
A feeling that a person or thing is worthless or beneath you
a)
contempt
b)
antithesis
c)
poverty
d)
redemption
9.
The state of being so poor that you cannot provide for yourself
a)
destitution
b)
abundance
c)
prejudice
d)
misanthropy
10.
Treating someone unfairly to benefit from their work
a)
exploitation
b)
ignorance
c)
perspective
d)
reform
11.
A character who contrasts with another, to emphasise something about the other character
a)
foil
b)
motif
c)
perspective
d)
character arc
12.
Dickens' use of mist, darkness, cold and ghosts are all what sort of features?
a)
gothic
b)
philanthropic
c)
moral
d)
miserly
13.
A lack of knowledge, awareness or education
a)
ignorance
b)
legacy
c)
exploitation
d)
perspective
14.
Describes someone who hoards money and does not spend it
a)
miserly (or a 'miser')
b)
prejudiced
c)
foil
d)
destitute
15.
Giving the impression that something bad is going to happen
a)
ominous
b)
remorseful
c)
moral
d)
aloof
16.
Deep regret or guilt for a wrongdoing
a)
remorse
b)
ignorance
c)
redemption
d)
exploitation
17.
Not following the beliefs or teachings of Christianity
a)
unchristian
b)
aloof
c)
miserly
d)
contrast
18.
Marley says, "I wear the ____ I forged in life" and he made it of his own "free will".
a)
chain
b)
sins
c)
clothes
d)
shoes
19.
Which character is an allegorical symbol of the working class?
a)
Bob Cratchit
b)
Fred
c)
Ebenezer Scrooge
d)
Jacob Marley
20.
Who is characterised as feeling remorse for their miserly behaviour in life?
a)
Jacob Marley
b)
Bob Cratchit
c)
The portly gentlemen
d)
Thomas Malthus
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