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About This Quiz
A Christmas Carol, also known as being a Ghost-Story of Christmas, is a1843 novel which was written by Charles Dickens and to date is one of the best novels of all time. It tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserable and greedy old man who is visited by four ghosts, one which is his former business partner, and the others, the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After the visits, he becomes a much kinder and understanding person.
The book was written at a time when the British were exploring new concepts such as Christmas trees and integrating it into their already existing traditions. The book has gained critical acclaim and is often featured on many best-seller's lists and has even been adapted several times into movies, Broadway shows, television series, comic strips as well as operas. Every year, during the holiday season, these movies and shows are played continuously, making it a true Christmas classic.
How well do you know this famous novel? If you were asked some questions about the book or movie, would you be able to get all or most of them correct? If you would like to test your knowledge on all things Scrooge, then you should take this quiz!
The story begins on Christmas Eve. Scrooge goes to work. He returns home and is visited by whom?
Jacob Marley's ghost
Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his old business partner, Jacob Marley. Mr. Marley was forever cursed to wander the earth, dragging a network of heavy chains, forged during a lifetime of greed and selfishness.
Timbuck Joe
His neighbor George
His cleaning lady
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What is the name of the main character in "A Christmas Carol"?
Ebenezer Scrooge
At the beginning of the novel, Scrooge is a cold-hearted miser who despises Christmas. Throughout the story, he is reminded of the power of Christmas. By the end of the novel, he is once again a kind and welcoming man.
Thomas Nast
Claude Monet
Thomas Hardy
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What is the name of Scrooge's clerk?
Jacob Marley
Bob Cratchit
Bob Cratchit is an abused, underpaid clerk of Ebenezer Scrooge. Cratchit symbolizes poor working conditions, especially long working hours. He works for 15 shillings a week at a rate of three pence (thruppence) an hour for 60 hours per week.
Tom Thompson
George Lambert
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Which relative of Scrooge's invites him to Christmas dinner every year, only to be refused in turn?
Nephew Fred
Nephew Fred hosts a Christmas dinner each year. He always invites his Uncle but Scrooge never attends. He tells his guests about his uncle with much laughter, but also with pity, because, "I am sorry for him; I couldn't be angry with him if I tried."
Cousin Bob
Uncle George
Brother Ian
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What was the name of Scrooge's business?
Scrooge and Marley
Scrooge's business partner was named Jacob Marley. The story starts buy telling the readers that even though Marley was dead , he never bothered to change the name or the sign. As a result of Scrooge just leaving it, the business is still called jus "Scrooge and Marley."
Scrooge and CO
Humbug Express
Money, Money, Money
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Scrooge awakens on Christmas morning with what attitude?
joy and love in his heart
Ebenezer Scrooge wakes on Christmas Day as a new and changed man. He vows to treat everyone with kindness, generosity, and compassion; he now embodies the spirit of Christmas. He has truly learnt from his adventures the previous night.
the same attitudes as always
more hate than ever before
disdain
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What is the name of Bob Cratchit's ill son?
Tiny Tim
Tiny Tim is Bob Cratchit's ill son. He also has a son named Peter. Tiny Tim is memorable for his classic line, "God bless us, everyone!"
George
Albert
Maverick
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What is Scrooge's catch phrase?
"Snuffleupagus"
"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes"
"Bah! Humbug!"
Scrooge's catch phrase was "Bah! Humbug!" It meant that he was declaring Christmas to be a fraud. He also used it to illustrate his disgust with many of the modern Christmas traditions.
"By a twinkle of my eye"
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When the third Ghost makes its appearance, the first thing it shows Scrooge is what?
Three geese a-laying
Three young children knocking on his door
Three cases of champagne
Three wealthy gentlemen making light of a recent death
The third ghost shows Scrooge three wealthy gentleman making light of a recent death. They are remarking that it will be a cheap funeral, if anyone comes at all. One businessman says he would go... if lunch is provided. Next, Scrooge is shown the same dead person's belongings being stolen by Scrooge's charwoman, Mrs. Dilber, Scrooge's laundress, and the local undertaker, and sold to a receiver of stolen goods called Old Joe.
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What is the name of the third spirit that visits Scrooge?
The Ghost of Christmas Past
The Ghost of Christmas Present
The Ghost
The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
Also known as The Ghost of Christmas Future. Scrooge finds the Ghost Of Christmas Future the most fearsome of the Spirits. The spirit appears to Scrooge as a figure entirely muffled in a black hooded cloak, except for a single spectral hand with which it points. Although the character never speaks in the story, Scrooge understands it.
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Finally, the Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come takes Scrooge where?
a rundown churchyard and shows the repentant miser his own grave
Scrooge is lastly taken to his own grave. Scrooge then realizes that the dead man of whom the others spoke ill was himself. Horrified, Scrooge begs the ghost for another chance to redeem his life and "sponge away the writing on this stone."
his old schoolhouse
back to his own bed
to his office
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After Scrooge asks to see some tenderness connected with death, the ghost shows him __________
A child mourning his parents
Uncle George morning Aunt Viola
Nephew Fred morning his death
Bob Cratchit and his family mourning the passing of Tiny Tim
After Scrooge asks to see some tenderness connected with death, the ghost shows him Bob Cratchit and his family mourning the passing of Tiny Tim. Scrooge is riddled with emotion.
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What is the name of the first spirit that visits Scrooge?
Friendly Ghost George
Ghost of Fun
Ghost of Christmas
Ghost of Christmas Past
The Ghost of Christmas Past is the first sprit that visits Scrooge. The Ghost of Christmas Past appears to Scrooge as a white-robed, androgynous figure of indeterminate age. It has on its head a blazing light, reminiscent of a candle flame, and carries a metal cap, made in the shape of a candle extinguisher.
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Where is the last place the Ghost of Christmas past takes Scrooge?
Back to his old school
Back to the Christmas Eve when his beloved fiancée Belle ended their relationship
The Ghost of Christmas Past last shows Scrooge the Christmas Eve when, as a young man, his beloved fiancée Belle ended their relationship. She realized that he cared more about money than he did for her. Scrooge did not ask Belle to end their engagement, but he did not fight to keep her either. Finally, the spirit shows him how she married and found true happiness with another man.
Back to his childhood home
Back to his first job
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The story closes with the narrator repeating what famous words fromTiny Tim?
God bless us
God bless us, every one!
The story ends with a phrase from Tiny Tim. It wishes everyone well when he says, "God Bless us, every one."
Let's eat
Pass the turkey
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How long had Marley been dead when the story starts?
7 years
Jacob Marley had been dead for 7 years when the story starts. Marley died exactly seven years to the date of his unexpected return from the grave on that fateful Christmas Eve.
5 years
2 years
6 months
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Scrooge's last name means _________
happiness and sunshine
miserliness and misanthropy
Scrooge's last name has come into the English language since the story was first released in 1843. It has come to mean miserliness and misanthropy.
lollypops and rainbows
disgust and misery
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Scrooge is now a changed man. As the final narration states, "Some people laughed to see the alteration in him, but he let them laugh, and little heeded them; for he was wise enough to know that nothing ever happened on this globe, for good, at which some people did not have their fill of laughter in the outset; and knowing that such as these would be blind anyway, he thought it quite as well that they should wrinkle up their eyes in grins, as have the malady in less attractive forms. His own heart laughed: and that was quite enough for him... ____________."
it was always said to take a bath with rubber duckies.
it was always said of him that he knew how to keep Christmas well if any man alive possessed the knowledge.
The last citation provides a nice summary of the change that Scrooge went through in the story - for even someone who once loathed Christmas can now embrace and enjoy it.
it was always said he was a cruel and evil man.
it was always said he could never change.
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Who wrote "A Christmas Carol"?
William Makepeace Thackeray
Edgar Allen Poe
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens wrote "A Christmas Carol." He was an English writer and social critic. He is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.
Peter Parley
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Which holiday greeting was popularized after being mentioned in A Christmas Carol?
Seasons Greetings
Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas
"Merry Christmas" was popularized after Scrooge exclaims, "I am as merry as a school-boy. A merry Christmas to everybody!" and heartily exchanges the wish to all he meets.
Happy Hanukkah
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Where did the Ghost of Christmas Past first take Scrooge?
Jacob Marley's grave
The local hospital
His childhood home
The Ghost takes his hand and flies with him over London. They first visit Scrooge's old boarding school
The Ghost of Christmas Past first takes Scrooge's hand and they fly over London. They then visit Scrooge's old boarding school where he stayed alone but for his books while his schoolmates returned to their homes for the Christmas holidays. The Ghost then shows him when he picked up his sister from boarding school and she claims that he has changed and is now kinder than their father is, as he had left them alone during the holidays.
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“Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.” This quote appears where?
at the beginning of the novel
This line appears toward the beginning of the novel. Dickens included this because of a dream. He had dreamt that one of his good friends was pronounced to be “as dead Sir . . . as a door-nail.”
at the end of the novel
towards the middle
not in this story
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What word is written across the forehead of the boy who was revealed from under the robe of the Ghost of Christmas Present?
Death
Cheer
Joy
Doom
Scrooge was already very upset when he was shown the children underneath the Ghost of Christmas Present's robe. Seeing the children and the word, Ebenezer Scrooge seems to get even more upset and asks the Spirit to cover them because he does not wish to see them anymore.
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After this vision, Scrooge pleads with the spirit to show him no more, to which the spirit replies: __________.
"I wear the chain I forged in life. I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it.”
“No space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunity misused.”
“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.”
"These are the shadows of things that have been. That they are what they are, do not blame me!"
This leaves Scrooge angered. Scrooge extinguishes the spirit with his cap and finds himself back in his bedroom, with the time on the clock not being changed.
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A Christmas Carol has been out of print for how long?
never
A Christmas Carol has never been out of print. It has been popular ever since it was published. As a result, it has been adapted many times for film, stage, opera, and other media.
50 years
two years
20 years, then reissued now and then
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The Ghost of Christmas Present finally reveals to Scrooge two emaciated children, subhuman in appearance and loathsome to behold, clinging to his robes, and names the boy as_______ and the girl as _________
Ignorance; Want
"Spirit. are they yours." Scrooge could say no more. "They are Man's,' said the Spirit, looking down upon them. "And they cling to me, appealing from their fathers. This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want." -Chapter 3
Want; Ignorance
Desire; Wealth
Happiness; Joy
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How did Charles Dickens feel about Christmas
He was indifferent
He hated it
He loved it
Charles Dickens loved to celebrate Christmas. He always said his father was best at Christmas. His favorite time during the holidays was Twelfth Night, the feast of the Epiphany.
He felt so/so
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What is the name of the second spirit that visits Scrooge?
The Ghost of Christmas Present
The Ghost of Christmas Present next visits Scrooge. The Spirit closely resembles Father Christmas from local folklore. He carries a large torch, made to resemble a cornucopia, and appears accompanied by a great feast.
The Ghost of Christmas Past
The Ghost of Christmas
The Ghost of Christmas Future
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How many ghosts come and visit Ebenezer Scrooge in total?
Four
Scrooge is visited by a total of four ghosts on Christmas Eve. He is visited by Jacob Marley, the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas-Yet-to-Come.
Five
Two
Three
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What year was "A Christmas Carol" published?
1903
1993
1867
December 1843
"A Christmas Carol" was first published in London by Chapman & Hall. It was released on December 19, 1843. The novel was instantly successful. Initially six thousand copies of the book were printed. More copies were ordered after the first printing was sold in only five days.
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Jacob Marley's ghost tells Scrooge he has how many chances to avoid the same fate as him in the afterlife?
three
two
one
Jacob Marley's ghost tells Scrooge he only has one chance to avoid the same fate as him in the afterlife. Marley tells Scrooge to pay close attention and listen to the spirits that will visit him or risk being cursed to carry chains of his own that are much longer than Marley's chains.
five
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Next, the Ghost of Christmas Present takes Scrooge to _________ house and shows him _________.
Uncle Fred's house; a dinner feast
Cousin George's house; a dinner feast
Bob Cratchit's house; Bob's younger ill son, Tiny Tim
The Ghost of Christmas Present next takes Scrooge to Bob Cratchit's family feast, and introduces his youngest son, Tiny Tim. Bob's son is full of simple happiness, despite being seriously ill. The spirit informs Scrooge that Tiny Tim will soon die unless the course of events changes.
Bob Cratchit's house; a dinner feast
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Why did Charles Dickens write "A Christmas Carol"?
He loved Christmas
He wanted a story to bring people together at Christmas time
Dickens' response to a government report on the dreadful conditions experienced by child laborers in mines and factories.
Dickens wrote the tale in response to reading a government report on the dreadful conditions experienced by child labourers in mines and factories. Dickens set aside "Martin Chuzzlewit," which was the current novel-in-progress, to deliver what he referred to as "a hammer blow on behalf of the poor man's child."
He stole the idea from his nephew
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Next, the spirit shows Scrooge doing what?
working when everyone else is celebrating the holiday
making dinner
enjoying a Christmas party hosted by his first boss, Mr. Fezziwig
The spirit then shows Scrooge attending a Christmas party hosted by his first boss, Mr. Fezziwig. His first boss was a kind and loving man, who treated Scrooge like a son, and was more compassionate to him than his own father was.
having dinner with his family
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The Ghost of Christmas Present takes Scrooge where?
around the city
The Ghost of Christmas Present takes Scrooge around the city of London. He shows him scenes of festivity and also deprivation that are happening as they watch, sprinkling a little warmth from his torch as he travels.
around the town
around the village
around the market
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