Starter quiz

  • What figure does the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come most resemble in 'A Christmas Carol'?
    • Father Christmas
    • Jack Frost
    • Jesus Christ
    • The Grim Reaper  ✓
  • Starting with the first, put the scenes that the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows Scrooge in stave 4 of 'A Christmas Carol' in chronological order.
    • 1
      ⇔
      the businessmen's conversations about a dead man
    • 2
      ⇔
      Mrs. Dilber and her criminal accomplices in the beetling shop
    • 3
      ⇔
      the 'uncared for' dead body
    • 4
      ⇔
      the aftermath of the death of Tiny Tim
  • Why doesn't the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come speak in 'A Christmas Carol'?
    • because it's disgusted by Scrooge's attitude so doesn't want to speak to him
    • because this allows Dickens to make it a more threatening presence  ✓
    • because it has nothing to teach Scrooge so doesn't feel the need to speak
    • because this means that Scrooge has to interpret its lessons for himself  ✓
    • because it represents Scrooge's silence in the past about social issues
  • What do we know about Scrooge's little sister Fan in 'A Christmas Carol'?
    • They didn't have a close relationship.
    • She died as a young adult.  ✓
    • She was impoverished and disabled.
    • They shared a very close relationship.  ✓
    • She was the only family member Scrooge had.
  • What is the opening line of 'A Christmas Carol'?
    • "A merry Christmas Uncle!"
    • Oh! but he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone.
    • Little Fan had died: seven years ago.
    • Marley was dead; to begin with.  ✓
    • It was a cold December night in the counting house.
  • What method does Dickens use in stave 4 of 'A Christmas Carol' to slowly reveal the identity of the anonymous dead man?
    • mirroring
    • extended metaphor
    • foreshadowing  ✓
    • symbolism
    • allegory
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