characters

Question 1

who are the main characters

Answer 1

•scrooge
•bob cratchit
•scrooges nephew(fred)

Question 2

who are the secrondary characters

Answer 2

•ghost of christmas past
•ghost of christmas present
•ghost of christmas yet to come
•tiny tim

Question 3

who are the minor characters

Answer 3

•jacob marley
•belle
•the charity collectors
•fezziwig
•fan

Question 4

how is scrooge presented in the novella

Answer 4

•miserable
•tight-fisted
•redeemed

Question 5

how is scrooge presented as cold-hearted

Answer 5

according to dickens description scrooge is cold through and through.
‘no warmth could warm,no wintery weather chill him’

Question 6

how is scrooge presented miserly

Answer 6

scrooge is stingy with his money and will not even allow his clerk bob cratchit to have a decent fire to warm him on christmas eve

Question 7

how is scrooge presented as self-deluded in the novella

Answer 7

when he sees marleys ghost, scrooge tried to deny its existence by attributing the vision to something he’s eaten. ‘you may be an undugested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese’

Question 8

how does dickens introduce the character of scrooge

Answer 8

•’a squeezing, wrenching, gasping, scraping,clutching, covetous old sinner’
•’solitary as an oyster’

Question 9

how is bob cratchit presented in a christmas carol

Answer 9

•humble
•hardworking
•family man

Question 10

how is bob cratchit presented as obedient by dickens

Answer 10

bob takes orders from his bad tempered boss (scrooge) with out complaint

Question 11

how is bob cratchit presented as a geneous character in a christmas carol

Answer 11

he proposed a toast to scrooge even on christmas day. ‘i’ll give you mr scrooge founder of the feast’

Question 12

how is bob cratchit presented as sensitive in the novella

Answer 12

he cries openly when his son tiny Tim is dead ‘’my little, little child!’’ cried bob ‘’my little child’’

Question 13

how is bob cratchit presented as fearful in the novella

Answer 13

he is afraid of scrooges reaction when he arrives late to work after christmas day ‘is only once a year sir’

Question 14

how does dickens present bob cratchit and his home

Answer 14

•’family display of glass.two tumblers and a custard cup without a handle’
•’as well as golden goblets’
•’bob served it out with beaming looks’

Question 15

how is fred presented in a christmas carol

Answer 15

•cheerful
•generous
•kind-hearted

Question 16

how is fred presented as positive in the novella

Answer 16

even when scrooge puts down all his talk of christmas festivities, fred persists with his good cheers. ‘i’ll keep my christmas humour to the last. so a merry Christmas uncle’

Question 17

how does dickens highlight fred’s persistency in the novella

Answer 17

fred refused to let scrooges miserly attitude dampen his spirits
‘i mean to give him the same chance every year weather he likes it or not for i pity him’

Question 18

how is fred presented as enthusiastic in the novella

Answer 18

when scrooge finally turns up for christmas dinner fred welcomes him in
‘let him in it is a mercy he didn’t shake his arm off’

Question 19

what do we learn about fred during his dialogue with scrooge

Answer 19

•‘i’ll keep my christmas humours to the last’
•’good afternoon’ said scrooge
•’without an angry word’