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'A Christmas Carol': Scrooge as a very Victorian character

Quiz by Oak National Academy: GCSE English AQA

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  • Q1
    What is the name given to someone who thinks negatively about the human race and harbours a mistrust and dislike of other people?
    misanthropist
    philanthropist
    heathen
    embody
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  • Q2
    ______ was a Victorian economist who argued that population growth would create a shortage of food because the country couldn’t manufacture enough to keep up with the growing demand.
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  • Q3
    How were Victorian workhouses funded?
    by the people who ran them
    through individual charity
    through taxation of the middle and upper classes
    personally by the government minister
    by the poor's wages
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  • Q4
    Which of the following were beliefs of Malthus?
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  • Q5
    In which sentences is the word 'embody' used correctly?
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  • Q6
    Match the quote said by Scrooge in 'A Christmas Carol' up to the Malthusian belief that it exemplifies.
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