illustration of Ebenezer Scrooge in silhouette walking toward a Christmas tree and followed by the three ghosts

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

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A Christmas Carol Stave I Quiz

Scrooge's old friend, dead many years, has paid him a most unexpected and unwelcome visit. What does Marley tell his former business partner and how does Ebeneezer react? Be sure you recall these details and more by taking the quiz over Stave I of Charles Dickens' classic work A Christmas Carol from eNotes. 

  1. Who comes to ask Scrooge to spend Christmas with his family?

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  2. What item must Marley forever carry around which represents the burdens he forged in liffe?

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  3. In what object does Scrooge see the face of his dead partner?

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  4. How many spirits does Marley say will visit Scrooge?

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  5. What does Scrooge see through the window from which Marley exits?

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  6. What does Marley say Scrooge must do?

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  7. When the men collecting for charity say that the poor would rather die than take Scrooge's advice, how does Scrooge respond?

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  8. How many days before Christmas Day does the play begin?

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  9. In exchange for giving him Christmas Day off, what must Scrooge's clerk promise?

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  10. When asked for a donation for the poor, where does Scrooge suggest those without means go?

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