Stave 1: Meeting with Marley's ghost | English | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

In 'A Christmas Carol', what relationship did Marley and Scrooge have? Choose the two most appropriate answers.
- brothers
- business partners ✓
- enemies
- cousins
- friends ✓
Which words would you use to describe Scrooge from 'A Christmas Carol'?
- avaricious ✓
- generous
- forgiving
- charitable
- miserly ✓
Complete the quotation from stave one of 'A Christmas Carol': "solitary as an << >> "
- 'oyster' ✓
Which of these is a synonym for 'cruel or insensitive'?
- philanthropic
- charitable
- callous ✓
- stingy
- devoted
In 'A Christmas Carol', which classes of people does Scrooge represent?
- 'upper-middle classes' ✓
Match the method to the quotation from 'A Christmas Carol'.
- Zoomorphism
  
  ⇔
  
  "Scrooge walked out with a growl." ✓
- Pathetic fallacy
  
  ⇔
  
  "The fog and frost so hung about." ✓
- Simile
  
  ⇔
  
  "...like a bad lobster in a dark cellar..." ✓
- Onomatopoeia
  
  ⇔
  
  "The cellar-door flew open with a booming sound." ✓
- Personification
  
  ⇔
  
  "whose gruff old bell was always peeping slily down" ✓