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English (Edexcel)
A Christmas Carol: a Christian parable

Starter quiz

  • When was 'A Christmas Carol' published?
    • 1842
    • 1843  ✓
    • 1844
    • 1845
    • 1846
  • In which stave does the Ghost of Christmas Present visit Scrooge in 'A Christmas Carol'?
    • Stave 1
    • Stave 2
    • Stave 3  ✓
    • Stave 4
    • Stave 5
  • Complete the quotation from 'A Christmas Carol': "We choose this time, because it is a time, of all others, when ______ is keenly felt, and Abundance rejoices."
    • 'Want' ✓
  • What does the Ghost of Christmas Past not show Scrooge in Stave 2 of 'A Christmas Carol'?
    • the dissolution of his engagement to Belle
    • his relationship with his former employer, Fezziwig
    • the death of his business partner Jacob Marley  ✓
    • Belle's happily-ever-after
    • his childhood, spent at boarding school
  • Match the quotations from 'A Christmas Carol' to the ghost they are describing.
    • The Ghost of Christmas Past
      ⇔
      "like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man" ✓
    • The Ghost of Christmas Present
      ⇔
      "clothed in one simple green robe, or mantle" ✓
    • Marley's Ghost
      ⇔
      "folded kerchief bound about its head and chin" ✓
    • Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
      ⇔
      "coming, like a mist along the ground" ✓
  • Through the novella 'A Christmas Carol', what is Dickens' didactic message?
    • the importance of wealth and possession
    • the importance of social status and class
    • the importance of social responsibility  ✓
    • the importance of friendship
    • the importance of Christmas
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