A Christmas Carol

Question 1

What is the 1st key plot of A Christmas Carol?

Answer 1

Scrooge makes Cratchit work in the cold.

Question 2

What is the 2nd key plot of A Christmas Carol?

Answer 2

Scrooge refuses to give to charity.

Question 3

What is the 3rd key plot of A Christmas Carol?

Answer 3

Scrooge haunted by Marley.

Question 4

What is the 4th key plot of A Christmas Carol?

Answer 4

Visited by Ghost of Christmas Past.

Question 5

What is the 5th key plot of A Christmas Carol?

Answer 5

Visited by Ghost of Christmas Present.

Question 6

What is the 6th key plot of A Christmas Carol?

Answer 6

Visited by Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.

Question 7

What is the 7th key plot of A Christmas Carol?

Answer 7

Scrooge mends his ways.

Question 8

What is the 8th key plot of A Christmas Carol?

Answer 8

Scrooge is redeemed.

Question 9

What are the 8 key plots of A Christmas Carol?

Answer 9

1) On Christmas Eve, Scrooge made his clerk, Bob Cratchit, work in cold.
2) Refuses to invitation to his Nephew Fred’s Christmas party, + won’t give money to charity collectors.
3) At home, visited by ghost of old partner.
4) Ghost of Christmas Past wakes Scrooge + shows him moments from childhood, apprenticeship + failed engagement.
5) Ghost of Christmas Present takes Scrooge to Cratchit’s home, where saddened by ill, but kind, Tiny Tim. Also shown how Fred celebrates Christmas with friends + how others celebrate Christmas together.
6) Final ghost, is Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come who terrifies Scrooge with visions of his death.
7) Scrooge awakens on Christmas Day + delighted to find he has chance to repent his miserly ways, buys a turkey for the Cratchits + attends his nephew’s party.
8) Scrooge becomes like 2nd father to Tiny Tim + gains reputation for knowing how to celebrate Christmas.

Question 10

What is A Christmas Carol?

Answer 10

Moral tale about spirit of giving + being kind to 1 another.

Question 11

Who are the main characters in A Christmas Carol?

Answer 11

Ebenezer Scrooge.
Fred, Scrooge’s nephew.
Bob Cratchit.

Question 12

Who are the secondary character in A Christmas Carol?

Answer 12

Ghost of Christmas Past.
Ghost of Christmas Present.
Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.
Tiny Tim.

Question 13

Who are the minor characters?

Answer 13

Jacob Marley.
Belle.
Charity collectors.
Fezziwig.
Fan.

Question 14

What are Scrooge’s traits?

Answer 14

Miserable.
Tight-fisted.
Redeemed by the end.

Question 15

What are Bob Cratchit’s traits?

Answer 15

Humble.
Hardworking.
Family man.

Question 16

What are Fred’s traits?

Answer 16

Cheerful.
Generous.
Kind-hearted.

Question 17

What are the Ghost of Christmas Past’s traits?

Answer 17

Young + old.
Commanding.
Streaming with light.

Question 18

What are the Ghost of Christmas Present’s traits?

Answer 18

Jolly.
Welcoming.
Prophetic.

Question 19

What are the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come’s traits?

Answer 19

Silent.
Dark.
Ominous.

Question 20

What are Tiny Tim’s traits?

Answer 20

Kind.
Disabled.
Thoughtful.

Question 21

What are the three main themes of A Christmas Carol?

Answer 21

Christmas.
Redemption.
Social injustice.

Question 22

What is the form of ‘A Christmas Carol’?

Answer 22

Novella.

Ghost story.

Question 23

What is a novella?

Answer 23

Short piece of fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a novel.

Question 24

How many ghosts does the ‘A Christmas Carol’ novella feature?

Answer 24

4.

Question 25

Which ghosts are featured in ‘A Christmas Carol’?

Answer 25

Jacob Marley.
Ghost of Christmas Past.
Ghost of Christmas Present.
Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.

Question 26

What is the novella ‘A Christmas Carol’ set out in?

Answer 26

5 staves.

Question 27

What is 5 staves?

Answer 27

Unusual structure which mimics way musical piece put together. Staves follow action of story with first stave setting scene, middle stave being turning point for Scrooge + final stave presenting him as changed man.