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ACC was set during

Dickens believed that...

A Christmas Carol

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1
Dickens believed that...
Workhouses were a fair and effective way to manage poverty
Poverty was due to the greed of the wealthy
People can never change their ways
The poor were responsible for their own suffering
2
ACC was set during
Medieval times
Victorian times
Elizabethan times
Jacobean times
3
What year was ACC published
25 December 1846
21 December 1845
20 December 1844
19 December 1843
4
The first character introduced in the novel is
Fred
Scrooge
Bob Cratchit
Jacob Marley
5
A Christmas Carol is an example of
An epistolary
A biography
A tragedy
An allegory
6
Which historical event inspired Dickens to write ACC
Stricter Poor Laws
Abolition of workhouses
Introduction of education
7
ACC can be interpreted as a didactic novel - what does that mean?
We are not meant to like the characters
it is intended to teach and offer moral instruction
It has two plots running side by side
It is shorter than avergae
8
What do references to coldness symbolise in the novel?
How cold it was in Victorian times
Scrooge's miserable character
The heartlessness of capitalist greed
The fact that central heating hadn't been invented
9
The text can be classified as
Novella
Poem
Novel
Play
10
Dickens uses Marley's chain to...
Represent how people become trapped by their own greed
Create an atmosphere of horror
to create sympathy for Marley
Scare Scrooge
11
Throughout the novel, Dickens suggests that the most important thing is
Money
Christmas
Power
Family
12
Who tells Scrooge that a 'golden idol' has replaced them?
Belle
Fan
Fred
Bob