Dickens and Victorian England

A miser is

• someone who gets coal out of a mine

• a person who spends money freely

• a person who hoards money

• someone who eats too much

The tradition of decorating a tree for Christmas

• comes from Germany

• was popularized by Prince Albert

• became popular during the time of Queen Victoria, the mid 1800s

• all of the above

Santa's red suit was made popular in

• A Christmas Carol movie

• a Coca Cola ad

• the North Pole

• the book A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Christmas has its roots in

• the pagan holiday, Saturnalia

• the Jewish holiday, Hanukkah

• the African holiday, Kwanzaa

• the secular holiday, Festivus

Dickens visited his dad in debtor's prison, which was

• a boarding house

• jail for poor people

• prison for criminals

• a home for jobless people

Dickens had a job and was the provider for his family at ___ years of age.

• 12

• 8

• 10

• 6

Why did Dickens write A Christmas Carol

• he was haunted by ghosts

• he saw the movie

• he needed the money

• for the children

Dickens had a pet

• pig

• horse

• snake

• raven

Dickens' writing, in his lifetime was very

• popular

• boring

• unsuccessful

• unpublished

Chapters in A Christmas Carol are called (also a musical term)

• stanzas

• staves

• staffs

• refrains