A Christmas Carol Review

What are we told has to be directly understood before this story could have any value?

• Scrooge is a lonely, old man.

• Scrooge never painted over Marley’s name.

• Marley is dead.

• Marley was an excellent man of business.

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Jacob Marley’s chains symbolize the fact that:

• He lied and cheated

• He dealt in the slave trade

• He made the concerns of his business more important than the needs of people

• Both B and C

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When does Jacob Marley die?

• The day before the story begins.

• Seven years earlier.

• At the end of the story.

• When the Ghost of Christmas Past visits Scrooge.

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Consider the passage below in its entirety (not just one line) - what literary device is used? “Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner! The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. He carried his own low temperature always about him; and didn’t thaw it one degree at Christmas.”

• Metaphor

• Caricature

• Sentimentality

• Satire

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Where does Scrooge first see Marley’s face?

• In the door-knocker

• In the light of his candle

• Going up the staircase

• In the upper floor window

When Scrooge sees the dead man in Stave 4 lying there without any friends or relatives nearby he says, “The case of this unhappy man might be my own.” Why is this an example of dramatic irony?

• The reader knows something the character does not.

• A comparison is made between two things.

• It is spoken in first person.

• The author is saying the opposite of what he means.

Marley’s ghost says he suffers most at this time of year because...

• he really misses Christmas.

• it was his most favorite time of year.

• he has done so little to help people in need.

• he enjoyed spending Christmas with Scrooge.

The Ghost of Christmas Past says that his job is to…

• reclaim Scrooge’s soul.

• punish Scrooge.

• save the life of Tiny Tim.

• set a good example for Scrooge.

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In Stave 2 when the clock strikes twelve, Scrooge reasons that

• the clock is wrong.

• he has slept for almost twenty-four hours.

• he is still dreaming.

• All answers are correct.

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As a child, Scrooge is quite _____.

• happy

• lonely

• neglected

• Both B and C

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