A Christmas Carol (play) Test

Match the following

• Scrooge's long dead business partner

• Jacob Marley

• Scrooge's former employer/boss

• Bob Cratchit

• Scrooge's Employee

• Fezziwig

• Bob Cratchit's disabled son

• Tiny Tim

• Scrooge's sister

• Fan

What is the definition of miser?

• a greedy person who keeps and refuses to spend money

• gloomy; ill-tempered

• make a great effort; try very hard

What is the definition of morose?

• a greedy person who keeps and refuses to spend money

• gloomy; ill-tempered

• make a great effort; try very hard

What is the definition of strive?

• a greedy person who keeps and refuses to spend money

• gloomy; ill-tempered

• make a great effort; try very hard

What is the setting of A Christmas Carol?

• England

• Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the

  morning after Christmas

• 1843

• All of these

Which of these is an example of stage directions?

• Various locations in and around the City of

  London, including Scrooge's Chambers and

  offices; the Cratchit home; Fred's home;

  Scrooge's School; Fezziwig's Offices; Old

  Joe's Hide-A-Way

• PRESENT: "I am the Ghost of Christmas

  Present. Look upon me".

• MARLEY: "My name is Jacob Marley and I

  am dead".

• [A PHANTOM, hooded in dim light, D.,

  opposite]

Answer explanation

Remember: Stage directions tell us how characters move and act.

Scrooge is disturbed by a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Past. What type of conflict is this?

• man vs. nature

• man vs. society

• man vs. supernatural

• man vs. self

How is the Ghost of Christmas Future different from the other ghosts in the story?

• He doesn't appear.

• Scrooge likes him the most.

• This ghost doesn't speak.

• This ghost works harder.

Which of these is true about the end of the play?

• Scrooge eventually returned to his old ways.

• Scrooge gave his nephew a raise.

• Marley was alive again.

• Tiny Tim did not die.

What did Mrs. Dilber, the First Woman, and the First Man all have in common?

• All of them were friends of Scrooge.

• All of them stole things from Scrooge after his death.

• All of them were arrested.

• None of these.