A Christmas Carol in Context

Who wrote A Christmas Carol?

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What time period did he write in?

• Edwardian

• Jacobean

• Victorian

• Elizabethan

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What century does A Christmas Carol take place in?

• 18th

• 19th

• 20th

• 21st

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Dickens was inspired to write A Christmas Carol after he visited a

• Food bank

• Hospital

• Ragged school

• Factory

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What did Dickens almost write instead of A Christmas Carol?

• A newspaper article

• A political pamphlet

• A novel

• A picture book

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What did the Poor Law of 1834 put in place?

• public services

• workhouses

• charity shops

• loans

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What are workhouses compared to in the summary of 'Victorian Life and Society' that we read?

• factories

• prisons

• charities

• council houses

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Governments in the Victorian era were run by upper-class, educated people. Who or what did they blame for poverty?

• Lack of public funding

• Capitalism

• Poor tax models

• The poor

In this decade, Britain experiences mass starvation among the poor. It is now called the Hungry ___________ by historians.

• 1830s

• 1930s

• 1840s

• 1940s

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A short novel is called a/an ______________.

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