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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Contribució de: Lofgren
  • 1. At the beginning of the play, Scrooge tells his nephew Fred that celebrating Christmas
A) brings back sad memories.
B) makes a person richer.
C) can never do him any good.
D) is best done by giving to charity.
  • 2. The journey to Christmas Past reveals that Scrooge
A) has never loved anyone.
B) was lonely as a child.
C) had a mean boss when he was young.
D) gave generously to others in the past.
  • 3. Young Ebenezer did not marry his sweetheart because she
A) was too young.
B) lied to him.
C) refused him.
D) was poor.
  • 4. Which best expresses the theme of A Christmas Carol?
A) knowledge
B) redemption
C) friendship
D) charity
  • 5. A person who is DESTITUTE is
A) moody
B) rich
C) foolish
D) poor
  • 6. If you TRANSFORM something, you
A) disagree with it
B) move it
C) love it
D) change it
  • 7. If a gift is ANONYMOUS, the giver does not reveal
A) how much it costs
B) his or her name
C) what it is for
D) how large it is
  • 8. When you ENDEAVOR to do something, you
A) refuse to do it
B) try to do it
C) make someone else do it
D) wish to do it
  • 9. A FINALE of a play is
A) in the beginning
B) during the prologue
C) during the climax
D) at the end
  • 10. Scrooge turns down his nephew Fred's invitation to Christmas dinner because he
A) doesn't feel well
B) prefers not to celebrate Christmas
C) plans to do something for the Crachits instead
D) doesn't like Fred's wife
  • 11. The Gentleman Visitor who comes to Scrooge's office wants Scrooge to
A) help the poor by donating money
B) go into business with him
C) remember his childhood
D) close his office for Christmas
  • 12. To Scrooge, Fezziwig seemed a wonderful master because Fezziwig
A) taught Scrooge how to become wealthy
B) never worried about money
C) loved parties and often entertained
D) made the people who worked for him happy
  • 13. The Ghost of Christmas Present shows Scrooge sights that
A) remind him of better times
B) put a human face on poverty and suffering
C) make him feel justified in his attitude toward Cratchit
D) frighten him
  • 14. The Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come helps Scrooge understand that
A) wealth is the best route to happiness
B) a life of greed is pointless in the end
C) everything works out best in the end
D) no one can take advantage of you if you don't let them
  • 15. At the end of the play, Scrooge discovers
A) he can't really change the future
B) he can pay others to do things he doesn't want to do himself
C) making other people happy can bring him joy
D) the people he has hurt will not forgive him
  • 16. What is the meaning of the word SURPLUS?
A) friendless
B) charitable
C) more than enough
D) being satisfied
  • 17. What was the relationship between Marley and Scrooge?
A) they were brothers
B) they were business partners
C) they were boss and employee
D) they were uncle and nephew
  • 18. Who invited Scrooge to eat on Christmas Day?
A) his nephew
B) his clerk's wife
C) his clerk
D) his nephew's wife
  • 19. What are SCENES in a play?
A) what the action is divided up into
B) two or more scenes together
C) to the back of the stage
D) sequence of related events
  • 20. What are ACTS in a play?
A) conflict is resolved
B) to the front of the stage
C) to the back of the stage
D) two or more scenes together
  • 21. For most of the play, which of the following IS true?
A) Scrooge was a very poor man
B) Scrooge never loved anyone in his life
C) Everyone loved Scrooge
D) Scrooge had no friends
  • 22. The ghost of Marley told Scrooge that he:
A) would be haunted by three spirits
B) would be going on a long journey
C) would lose all his money
D) would get married
  • 23. The ghost of Christmas Past took Scrooge:
A) to visit the school where Scrooge grew up
B) to a funeral
C) to a program at church
D) to see his nephew
  • 24. It was __________ for Scrooge to visit the Christmases of his past life.
A) painful
B) neither painful or pleasant
C) both pleasant and painful
D) pleasant
  • 25. When did the Ghost of Marley tell Scrooge the first two visitors would come?
A) at midnight
B) at four o'clock
C) at two o'clock
D) at one o'clock
  • 26. Bob Cratchit was Scrooge's:
A) son
B) brother
C) doctor
D) employee
  • 27. Who was ill in the story?
A) Scrooge's clerk's son
B) Scrooge's nephew
C) Ebenezer Scrooge
D) Scrooge's employee
  • 28. What did Scrooge choose as Sweetheart returned the engagement ring?
A) money
B) health
C) love
D) friendship
  • 29. Ironically, the number one reason Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol was for:
A) love
B) enlightenment
C) fame
D) money
  • 30. At the end of the story, Scrooge promises to:
A) talk to the door knocker every day
B) hire his nephew
C) fire Bob Crachit
D) honor Christmas all year long
  • 31. What is DRAMA?
A) literature in play form
B) conversations between characters
C) objects the actor uses or carries
D) instructions for director, actor and stage crew
  • 32. What are STAGE DIRECTIONS?
A) instructions for the director, actor and stage crew not meant to be read aloud
B) literature in play form
C) the form dramas are written in
D) conversations between characters
  • 33. What is a NARRATOR?
A) an actor that plays a small role with few lines
B) an actor that sets the scene and comments on the action
C) an actor that plays a large role with many lines
D) two or more scenes grouped together
  • 34. What are PROPS?
A) literature in play form
B) conversations between characters
C) objects an actor uses or carries
D) to the back of the stage
  • 35. The CLIMAX or TURNING POINT of the story is when Scrooge sees:
A) the Christmas party at Fred's house
B) himself and Sweetheart dancing
C) the Crachit family after Tiny Tim's death; sees his own death
D) the Gentleman visitor asks for money for the poor
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