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A Christmas Carol & The Gift of the Magi - Final Test, 2016

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Question 1
1.

A silent ghost that wears a hooded black robe

Question 2
2.

Bob Cratchit’s youngest son, crippled from birth

Question 3
3.

A ghost who reminds Scrooge of his younger years

Question 4
4.

Miserly owner of a London counting-house

Question 5
5.

Scrooge’s old boss who had great Christmas parties

Question 6
6.

Scrooge’s old business partner

Question 7
7.

This ghost is described as majestic giant; lifespan is restricted to Christmas Day and the ghost shows Scrooge the Cratchit family

Question 8
8.

Scrooge’s clerk; a very kind, gracious man who loves his family

Question 9
9.

Scrooge’s nephew who loves Christmas

Question 10
10.

Scrooge’s former fiancée who realized that Scrooge loved money more than he loved her

Question 11
11.

The setting of "A Christmas Carol" is

Question 12
12.

At the beginning of the play, Scrooge and his nephew are different because

Question 13
13.

What is Scrooge’s typical response to “Merry Christmas”?

Question 14
14.

Which statement best describes Scrooge’s attitude toward Christmas at the beginning of the play?

Question 15
15.

Scrooge believed that the poor people did not deserve his money, and that they should

Question 16
16.

Scrooge allows Bob Cratchit to take Christmas Day off; however, he expects Cratchit to

Question 17
17.

Marley’s chains symbolize

Question 18
18.

In the play, the Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge to

Question 19
19.

Scrooge remembers Fezziwig as a

Question 20
20.

Scrooge’s sweetheart calls of their engagement because

Question 21
21.

The Ghost of Christmas Present takes Scrooge to

Question 22
22.

What surprises Scrooge as he watches the Cratchit family?

Question 23
23.

The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come arrives and

Question 24
24.

What is the last thing the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows Scrooge?

Question 25
25.

When Scrooge comes back to the present, he sends a young boy to fetch the biggest turkey to send to

Question 26
26.

What is Jacob Marley forced to drag about as a result of his sinful life?

Question 27
27.

Why does Scrooge like darkness?

Question 28
28.

In the book, who appears in Scrooge’s door-knocker?

Question 29
29.

What do you think was Dickens’s purpose in showing the Cratchit family as a virtuous, generous, loving family?

Question 30
30.

Which member of the Cratchit family most interests Scrooge?

Question 31
31.

When he awakens after the visit of the third ghost, Scrooge attends Fezziwig’s party and enjoys himself immensely.

Question 32
32.

What does Scrooge do after Bob Cratchit arrives at work late on December 26th?

Question 33
33.

In the climax of the play version of "A Christmas Carol"

Question 34
34.

An example of an event that occurs in the resolution of the play is

Question 35
35.

Because Scrooge changes his outlook in life and his personality from the beginning of the story to the end, he is a static character.

Question 36
36.

Which of the following events had a direct impact on Dickens' life growing up?

Question 37
37.

Which of the following personality traits was Dickens NOT known for?

Question 38
38.

In 1865 Dickens was on board a train that crashed. His carriage was not badly damaged, so he tended to the injured and dying. This event had a lasting impression on his life, and the event shows that

Question 39
39.

By Christmas Eve, 5,000 copies of "A Christmas Carol" had sold. It sold out in 3 days.

Question 40
40.

Dickens loved to perform scenes from the plot of the novel, so he created a performance inspired version.

Question 41
41.

"A Christmas Carol" was written and published in the same year - 1843.

Question 42
42.

Read the following passage: "Let it be said that of all who give gifts, these two were the wisest. Of all who give and receive gifts, such as they are the wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the Magi." O. Henry (the author) is using a metaphor to

Question 43
43.

Read the following passage: "Oh, and the next two hours tripped by on rosy wings. Forget the hashed metaphor. She was ransacking the stores for Jim’s present. She found it at last." What does the word ransacking mean as used in the context of the passage?

Question 44
44.

"For inside the present lay The Combs – the set of combs, side and back, that Della had stared at and longed for so long in a Broadway window. The beautiful combs were made of pure tortoise shell with jewelled rims – just the right color to wear in her beautiful hair that was now gone. They were expensive combs, she knew, and although she had loved the combs, she never thought that she might actually own them. And now that they were hers, the beautiful hair that should have needed the combs was gone." What type of irony is shown in this passage?

Question 45
45.

"One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one or two at a time by penny-pinching with the grocery clerk, vegetable man, and butcher. She was embarrassed to have been so cheap. Della counted the money three times. It was still only one dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas." Based on information in the passage, which conclusion can be made about Jim and Della’s life?

Question 46
46.

Which of the following words best describes Jim?

Question 47
47.

"One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one or two at a time by penny-pinching with the grocery clerk, vegetable man, and butcher. She was embarrassed to have been so cheap. Della counted the money three times. It was still only one dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas." What is Della's conflict at the beginning of the story?

Question 48
48.

"One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all." What was O. Henry trying to emphasize by beginning the short story with these lines?

Question 49
49.

"In fact, life is mostly made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles being the main part of it." What type of figurative language device is used in the above line from the story?

Question 50
50.

What is the main conflict in the story?

Question 51
51.

Which two Biblical figures were mentioned in the description of Della's hair and Jim's watch?

Question 52
52.

How much money did Della receive from selling her hair?

Question 53
53.

“If Jim doesn’t kill me,” she said to herself, “as soon as he sees me, he’ll say I look like a Coney Island chorus girl." What figurative language device is being used in the above sentence from the story?

Question 54
54.

Which of these BEST describes Jim's reaction to Della's haircut?

Question 55
55.

What is ironic about the couples' gifts to each other?

Question 56
56.

Who are the Magi?

Question 57
57.

Which of the following events is the climax of the story "The Gift of the Magi?"

Question 58
58.

Which of the following events is the resolution of the story "The Gift of the Magi?"

Question 59
59.

The story ends with this simple sentence: "They are the Magi." What is being emphasized with this metaphor?

Question 60
60.

Which of the following is a theme from the story "The Gift of the Magi?"

Question 61
61.

Back when James had earned $30 per week, the couple had included the middle name “Dillingham” because it sounded sophisticated. But now that James was only earning a meager $20/week, the name should be shortened to just “Mr. James D. Young.

Question 62
62.

Jim sells his harmonica to pay for Della's gift.

Question 63
63.

Della tells Madame Sofronie to take her time cutting her hair off because she wants to remember this moment when she made a huge sacrifice for Jim.

Question 64
64.

"Jim stopped suddenly at the door, as still as a hunting dog that smells its prey." What kind of figurative language device is used in the above sentence from the story?

Question 65
65.

Why is Jim's watch so important to him?