Christmas Carol Context Terms

Question 1

Bob

Answer 1

During the victorian era the word ‘bob’ was often used as a slang word for shilling

Question 2

Covetous

Answer 2

Synonymous with jealousy

Question 3

Debtors prison

Answer 3

A prison someone goes to when they owe money, Dicken’s father spent some time there

Question 4

Deviant

Answer 4

Someone who breaks social norms and values

Question 5

Ostracised

Answer 5

Cut off from society

Question 6

Philanthropy

Answer 6

An act of helping those less well off than yourself, especially involving donations of money

Question 7

Ragged schools

Answer 7

Schools which provided basic education and provided for children who lived in poverty, Dickens was a contributor of these

Question 8

Treadmill

Answer 8

This was a means of production in which was used to produce flour as the workers would walk the wheel

Question 9

Union workhouses

Answer 9

Allowed parishes to join together to become responsible for the workhouses

Question 10

1834 poor law

Answer 10

A system of welfare which introduced workhouses