A Christmas Carol - Context

Which class did Dickens fall in to?

• Upper class

• Middle class

• Lower class

Where did he have to work when he was 12?

• Workhouse

• Blacking Factory

• Warehouse

• Label factory

What did Dickens become a life long champion of?

• The poor

• The rich

• Charity

• Workhouses

What did Dickens want his middle class readers to do?

• Donate more to charity

• Improve conditions for the poor

• Abolish workhouses

• Open up homeless shelters

Other than Britain, where else did Dickens' make sure people heard his ideas?

• Scotland

• Australia

• New Zealand

• America

Before which century did the aristocracy recognize that their privilege meant they had to take care of those less fortunate than themselves?

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th

• 20th

Which class was caused by the Industrial Revolution?

• Upper

• Middle

• Lower

Which character is symbolic of the middle-class?

• Fran

• Miners

• Martha

• Scrooge

What caused parishes to raise taxes to gather enough money to support increasing numbers of poor people?

• Too many people and not enough jobs

• Poor infrastructure

• Greedy bosses

• The Industrial Revolution

Name the law that was passed that meant only poor people who could not work would be helped.

• poor law amendment

• the poor law

• the amendment of the poor law

• poor amendment