'A Christmas Carol': from dark to light
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- Q1Which word best describes Scrooge in Stave 1 of 'A Christmas Carol'?indifferentphilantrhopicfuriousgrief-strickenmiserly30s
- Q2Complete the quotation from 'A Christmas Carol': " ______ is cheap, and Scrooge liked it."Users enter free textType an Answer30s
- Q3What is the weather like at the end of 'A Christmas Carol'?raining, foggy and coldbright, sunny and coldsnowing, cold and icybright, clear and warmfoggy, warm and dry30s
- Q4What is a parable?a short story with a moral messagea simple story with a moral message, as told by Jesus in the Gospelsa story that can only be told aloud because it is not written down anywherea tale about two opponents who battle against one anothera story which has been passed down form generation to generation30s
- Q5Why does Dickens liken Scrooge to the cold in Stave 1 of 'A Christmas Carol'?to reflect Scrooge's cruelty and lack of emotional warmthto reflect Scrooge's cold-hearted approach to businessto foreshadow Scrooge's spiritual death in Stave 4to reflect the rejection that Scrooge faced in his early lifeto reflect his kind and philanthropic nature30s
- Q6What does laughter symbolise in 'A Christmas Carol'?wealth and material gainchildlike innocence and vulnerabilitycommunity and social responsibilitymorality and spiritualityemotional warmth and generosity30s