A Christmas Carol - Social Context

In 1843, approximately _____ of England's population was in poverty.

• 15%

• 20%

• 25%

• 33%

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In what year was Charles Dickens born?

• 1810

• 1815

• 1805

• 1812

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Dickens' father was sent to debtor's prison after being unable to pay his debts to where?

• A bakery

• A seamstress

• A butcher

• A horseshoer

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Where was Charles Dickens forced to work when he and his family moved into the debtor's prison?

• A cleaner

• A chimneysweep

• A stable

• A boot-blacking factory

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Which diseases is it generally assumed that Tiny Tim had in A Christmas Carol?

• Tuberculosis

• Black Plague

• Rickets

• Coronavirus

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The death of which family member may have inspired Dickens for the death of Tiny Tim?

• His uncle

• His younger brother

• His nephew

• His father

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What social Christmas convention became a "thing" in the same year as A Christmas Carol's publishing?

• Roast turkey dinner

• Christmas trees

• Caroling

• Christmas cards

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The telling of ghost stories on Christmas Eve dates back to which century?

• The fourth

• The fifth

• The fourteenth

• The fifteenth

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