A Christmas Carol Stave 1 Quiz (Stave One)

A Christmas Carol Stave 1 questions

The answers and an explanation for each question appear as you play, and on the answer-key page of the printout.

1. How long has Jacob Marley been dead when the story opens?
   Seven years, that very night · Ten years, the previous spring · Five years, that very morning · Three years, the previous summer
2. When Scrooge tells his nephew he is too poor to be merry, how does Fred answer him?
   He storms out and vows never to return · He asks what right a rich man has to be dismal · He asks his uncle for a loan towards dinner · He admits he is poor and apologises for calling
3. How does Scrooge answer the two portly gentlemen collecting for the poor?
   He offers them coal from his own office fire · He gives a small sum and asks for no receipt · He directs them to the prisons and workhouses · He tells them to call again after Christmas
4. Scrooge at first refuses to believe in Marley's ghost. What explanation does he offer for it?
   That the fog from the street has entered the room · That a thief has broken in wearing a disguise · That he fell asleep over his bowl of gruel · That his senses are disordered by something he ate
5. Marley's chain is hung with cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers and deeds. What does he say about how he came by it?
   That he made it himself, link by link, in life · That it was fastened on him at the hour of death · That Scrooge's own ledgers added to its weight · That it will fall away once his penance ends

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