A Christmas Carol

Question 1

Who is the author of ‘A Christmas Carol’?

Answer 1

Charles Dickens

Question 2

What is the main theme of ‘A Christmas Carol’?

Answer 2

Redemption and transformation

Question 3

What is the name of the main character in ‘A Christmas Carol’?

Answer 3

Ebenezer Scrooge

Question 4

What does Scrooge value most at the beginning of the story?

Answer 4

Money and wealth

Question 5

True or False: Scrooge is a kind and generous man at the start of the play.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

Which ghost visits Scrooge first?

Answer 6

The Ghost of Jacob Marley

Question 7

Fill in the blank: Scrooge is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve: the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of _______.

Answer 7

Christmas Yet to Come

Question 8

What does the Ghost of Christmas Past show Scrooge?

Answer 8

Scenes from his own past

Question 9

What does the Ghost of Christmas Present represent?

Answer 9

Generosity and the joy of the present moment

Question 10

Who is Tiny Tim?

Answer 10

Bob Cratchit’s ill son

Question 11

What is Scrooge’s relationship to Bob Cratchit?

Answer 11

Bob is Scrooge’s underpaid clerk

Question 12

What does Scrooge learn from the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come?

Answer 12

That he will die alone and unloved if he does not change his ways

Question 13

True or False: Scrooge becomes a better person by the end of the play.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

What is the setting of ‘A Christmas Carol’?

Answer 14

Victorian London

Question 15

What does Scrooge say when people wish him a Merry Christmas at the beginning?

Answer 15

Bah! Humbug!

Question 16

Who is Scrooge’s former business partner?

Answer 16

Jacob Marley

Question 17

What does Marley warn Scrooge about?

Answer 17

That he will be haunted by three spirits

Question 18

What does Scrooge do on Christmas morning after his transformation?

Answer 18

He spreads joy and kindness

Question 19

Fill in the blank: Scrooge’s transformation is often referred to as a _______.

Answer 19

Christmas miracle

Question 20

Which character represents the spirit of Christmas in the present?

Answer 20

The Ghost of Christmas Present

Question 21

What does Scrooge buy for Tiny Tim at the end of the play?

Answer 21

A large turkey

Question 22

What lesson does Scrooge learn about wealth?

Answer 22

That it should be shared with others

Question 23

True or False: The play ends with Scrooge continuing to be miserly.

Answer 23

False

Question 24

What is the significance of the Cratchit family in the story?

Answer 24

They represent love and family despite poverty

Question 25

How does Scrooge's attitude towards Christmas change?

Answer 25

He becomes joyful and embraces the spirit of Christmas

Question 26

Who does Scrooge reunite with at the end of the play?

Answer 26

His nephew, Fred

Question 27

What is the role of the narrator in 'A Christmas Carol'?

Answer 27

To provide commentary and insight into the story

Question 28

What type of literary work is 'A Christmas Carol'?

Answer 28

A novella

Question 29

Fill in the blank: The story is divided into _______ staves.

Answer 29

Five

Question 30

What does the Cratchit family toast to on Christmas?

Answer 30

To Mr. Scrooge, the founder of their feast

Question 31

What does the Ghost of Christmas Future show Scrooge?

Answer 31

A vision of his lonely death

Question 32

True or False: Scrooge is visited by only one ghost.

Answer 32

False

Question 33

Who is Fezziwig?

Answer 33

Scrooge's kind former employer

Question 34

What does Scrooge remember while visiting the past?

Answer 34

His lost love, Belle

Question 35

What does Scrooge say he will honor all year long after his transformation?

Answer 35

Christmas spirit

Question 36

What does the ghost of Jacob Marley wear?

Answer 36

Chains

Question 37

Fill in the blank: Scrooge's last name is _______.

Answer 37

Scrooge

Question 38

What does Scrooge's nephew, Fred, represent?

Answer 38

Joy and the spirit of Christmas

Question 39

What is the mood at the beginning of the play?

Answer 39

Gloomy and cold

Question 40

What does Scrooge's transformation symbolize?

Answer 40

The possibility of change and redemption