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The Story behind the Christmas Carol

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Christmas carol is still sung in Latin?

a)

Go Tell It on the Mountain

b)

The First Noel

c)

O Sanctissima

d)

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

2.

Which Christmas carol was written to be sung on Christmas Eve with a guitar?

a)

Go Tell It on the Mountain

b)

The First Noel

c)

Silent Night

d)

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

3.

Which Christmas carol was originally an African-American folk song?

a)

Go! Tell it on the Mountain

b)

The First Noel

c)

Silent Night

d)

O Little Town of Bethlehem

4.

Which Christmas carol was written to be sung with the popular English folk melody, "Greensleeves"?

a)

Angels We Have Heard on High

b)

The First Noel

c)

Silent Night

d)

What Child is This?

5.

Which Christmas carol was originally a French carol about the Angels announcement on Christmas Eve?

a)

Angels We Have Heard on High

b)

The First Noel

c)

Silent Night

d)

What Child is This?

6.

Which Christmas carol was translated from Latin for Advent?

a)

O Holy Night

b)

The First Noel

c)

O Sanctissima

d)

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

7.

Which French Christmas carol was written to celebrate the dedication of a newly renovated church organ?

a)

O Holy Night

b)

The First Noel

c)

O Sanctissima

d)

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

8.

Which Christmas carol came from a traditional Cornish carol?

a)

O Come, All Ye Faithful

b)

The First Noel

c)

Joy to the World

d)

O Little Town of Bethlehem

9.

Which American Christmas carol was written by an Episcopal priest after he visited the Holy Land?

a)

O Come, All Ye Faithful

b)

The First Noel

c)

Joy to the World

d)

O Little Town of Bethlehem

10.

Which children's Christmas carol was thought to have been written by Marin Luther, but may in fact be English?

a)

O Come, All Ye Faithful

b)

Away in a Manger

c)

O Holy Night

d)

Joy to the World

11.

Which Christmas carol comes from Psalm 98, and was originally written for a book of Psalms put to music?

a)

Angels We Have Heard on High

b)

Away in a Manger

c)

O Holy Night

d)

Joy to the World