A Christmas Carol GCSE

Question 1

Describe Scrooge’s characteristics:

Answer 1

• Miserly,
• fearful,
• redeemed,
• transformed,
• hates Christmas
• “bah, humbug”
• “I don’t make myself merry at Christmas”

Question 2

Fred characteristics:

Answer 2

Optimist, kind, determined, loves Christmas

Question 3

Marley characteristics

Answer 3

• Cruel,
• selfish,
• suffering,
• remorseful,
• covered in chains, money boxes, purses etc

Question 4

Christmas past characteristics

Answer 4

Candle, shifting, guide

Question 5

Christmas present characteristics

Answer 5

Giant, jovial, challenging, green gown, meat throne, fire / torch filled with Christmas spirit

Question 6

Christmas yet-to-come characteristics

Answer 6

Silent, ominous, deathly, intimidating, black cloak, scythe, bony hand

Question 7

Bob Cratchet characteristics

Answer 7

Abused, destitute, moral, noble, grateful, poor

Question 8

Tiny Tim characteristics

Answer 8

Malnourished, saintly,

“God bless us, every one!”

Question 9

Fezziwig characteristics

Answer 9

Generous, joyous, plump / fat, Scrooge’s old employer

Question 10

Belle characteristics + who was she?

Answer 10

• Scrooge’s ex-fiancé
• unmaterialistic
• “another idol has displaced me~a golden one”

Question 11

Who does Scrooge reject in stave 1?

Answer 11

• nephew
• charity representatives

Question 12

Who visits Scrooge in stave 1? Summary?

Answer 12

• Marley- Jacob Marley- Scrooges old business partner
• tells Scrooge he will be haunted by 3 ghosts to help him change his ways

Question 13

Who visits Scrooge in stave 2?
Summary?

Answer 13

• ghost of Christmas past-1st of 3 ghosts
• shows him:
• Scrooge’s lonely childhood
• fezziwig’s party
• breakdown of his and belle’s relationship

Question 14

Who visits Scrooge in stave 3?
Summary?

Answer 14

• Christmas present-2nd of the 3 ghosts
• shows Scrooge:
• Cratchet’s cheistmas dinner
• Fred’s party
• ignorance and want- “they are man’s”

Question 15

Who visits Scrooge in stave 4?
Summary?

Answer 15

• Christmas yet-to-come - 3rd one last ghost
• shows Scrooge:
• people’s reaction to Scrooge’s death
• Tiny Tim’s death
• Scrooge’s own grave

Question 16

Stave 5 summary?

Answer 16

• Scrooge wakes up on Christmas morning a changed man.
• he decides to:
• give to charity
• gifts Cratchets a large turkey
• gives Bob a raise
• goes to Fred’s party to celebrate Christmas.

Question 17

“Hard and sharp as _____”

Answer 17

“Flint”

Question 18

“They had better do it and ________ the _______ population”

Answer 18

“Decrease”…..”surplus”

Question 19

“I wear the chains I ______ in life”

Answer 19

“Forged”

Question 20

“A lonely boy was reading by a _______ fire”

Answer 20

“Feeble”

Question 21

“He has the power to render us _____ or _______”

Answer 21

“Happy”…..”unhappy”

Question 22

There sat a _____ giant, ________ to see”

Answer 22

“Jolly”……”glorious”

Question 23

“The pudding, like a ________ cannon-ball”

Answer 23

“Speckled”

Question 24

“This boy is ________, this girl is ____”

Answer 24

“Ignorance”……..”want”

Question 25

“________ in a deep, black garment”

Answer 25

“Shrouded”

Question 26

“Light as a _______”

Answer 26

“Feather”

Question 27

“No ___ , no ____”

Answer 27

“Fog”…..”mist”

Question 28

“I’m about to _____ your salary”

Answer 28

“Raise”

Question 29

What was the significance of Christmas yet-to-come’s silence?

Answer 29

Allows Scrooge to judge himself and reflect on his own actions

Question 30

What was the significance of Christmas past’s shifting state?

Answer 30

• vague, unclear- like memories form the past
• like a candle flickers

Question 31

What was the name of Scrooge’s little sister? What was her significance in the novella?

Answer 31

•Fanny/Fan- came to tell Scrooge that their father is letting him come home
• his father is a changed man-foreshadows Scrooge’s redemption at the end of the book.

Question 32

What was obesity used to symbolise in the book?

Answer 32

• Generosity
• fellow-feeling Christmas invokes

Question 33

What was significant about marley’s clothing style?

Answer 33

• old-fashioned clothes-> old fashioned ideas.