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English (Edexcel)
A Christmas Carol: Scrooge's redemption

Starter quiz

  • What does Scrooge represent in Stave 1 of 'A Christmas Carol'?
    • An oyster concealing a pearl.
    • The impoverished lower classes.
    • Malthusian ideology.  ✓
    • Redemption and transformation.
    • The middle-upper Victorian classes.  ✓
  • Match the quotations from 'A Christmas Carol' to the character who says it.
    • Marley's ghost
      ⇔
      "Mankind was my business." ✓
    • Ghost of Christmas Past
      ⇔
      "These were shadows of the things that have been." ✓
    • Fred
      ⇔
      "I have always thought of Christmas as a good time." ✓
    • Scrooge
      ⇔
      "I wish to be left alone." ✓
  • Starting with the first, put the components of an analytical essay in order.
    • 1
      ⇔
      Thesis statement.
    • 2
      ⇔
      Topic sentence.
    • 3
      ⇔
      Supporting detail 1.
    • 4
      ⇔
      Supporting detail 2.
    • 5
      ⇔
      Supporting detail 3.
    • 6
      ⇔
      Closing sentence.
    • 7
      ⇔
      Conclusion.
  • Which of the following do you need to use to demonstrate a deeper understanding of the text?
    • Discourse markers to organise your argument.
    • A clear and well-considered argument.  ✓
    • Integrated context used to support your argument.  ✓
    • Quotes from the extract.
    • Textual evidence that is analysed thoroughly.  ✓
  • Which of the following quotations might you use to show Scrooge's miserliness in Stave 1 of 'A Christmas Carol'?
    • 'Marley was dead: to begin with.'
    • 'a poor excuse for picking a man's pocket every twenty-fifth...'  ✓
    • 'Merry Christmas, uncle!'
    • 'Darkness is cheap and Scrooge liked it.'  ✓
    • 'Scrooge took his usual melancholy dinner.'
  • Which of the following would be the most appropriate piece of context to use when analysing the quotation 'Are there no prisons?' from 'A Christmas Carol'?
    • Malthus was an economist who believed there wasn't enough food to go around.
    • Dickens was born in 1812 in Portsmouth.
    • The Poor Law aimed to separate those who could work and those who couldn't.  ✓
    • Child labour was common in the Victorian era with children working in factories.
    • Charles Dickens gave a speech in Manchester in 1843.
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