Stave 4: Scrooge's fears | Starter Quiz | Oak National Academy

Which part of a person's life did Charles Dickens think was particularly significant in shaping a person?

• old age

• childhood

• young adulthood

• mid adulthood

Answer explanation

Dickens believed that childhood was an instrumental time in shaping a person.

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What did Charles Dickens believe would happen to children who faced injustice?

• They would grow up to be poor.

• They would grow up to be lonely.

• They would grow up to be resentful.

• They would turn their backs on society.

• They would die young.

Answer explanation

Dickens believed that children who faced injustice would grow up to be resentful and would turn their backs on society.

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Which of the following statements are true about Scrooge's childhood in 'A Christmas Carol'?

• Scrooge was neglected by his friends.

• Scrooge's father died when he was a very young boy.

• Scrooge's little sister Fan ran away to France when she was a young adult.

• Scrooge's father left him at boarding school during the holidays.

• Scrooge was a well-loved child at school - particularly by his teachers.

Answer explanation

In stave 2, we are shown young Scrooge, neglected by his friends and left at boarding school during the holidays.

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In 'A Christmas Carol', why does Belle break her engagement with Scrooge off?

• Because he doesn't have enough money to sustain a life with her.

• Because she doesn't love him anymore.

• Because she recognises that his priorities have changed.

• Because he didn't want to have a family with her.

Answer explanation

In stave 2 of the novella, Belle breaks her engagement with Scrooge off because she recognises that his priorities have changed - he now values money more than her.

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Which of the following is the correct definition for the term 'emotional repression'?

• When you don't feel any emotions at all.

• When you are overhwlemed with extreme emotion.

• When you push your emotions away and ignore them.

• When you show your emotions clearly to others.

• When you cannot interpret or understand other people's emotions.

Answer explanation

Emotional repression is when a person pushes their emotions away and ignores them.

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Match the 'A Christmas Carol' quotation up to the stave it appears in.

• stave 4

• “A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there"

• stave 1

• "Assure me that I yet may change these shadows"

• stave 3

• “Are there no prisons?” said the Spirit, turning on him..."

• stave 2

• “Because you fell in love!” growled Scrooge...

Answer explanation

These are all quotations from across staves 1-4 of 'A Christmas Carol'.

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