Braingle: 'Famous Quotes - "A Christmas Carol"' Trivia Quiz

#1 Ebenezer Scrooge tells the ghost of Jacob Marley, "There's more of __________ about you, whatever you are!"

Cheese than of crackers
Gravy than of grave
Ham than of Hamlet
Goulash than of ghoul

#2 In "A Christmas Carol", who says, "It is required of every man that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellowmen, and travel far and wide; and if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death"?

The Ghost of Christmas Present
Tiny Tim
Jacob Marley
Belle

#3 "I wear the chain I forged in life," says the ghost of Jacob Marley. How does he describe Scrooge's chain?

It was full as heavy and as long as this, seven Christmas Eves ago.
It is a heavy monster, wrapped tightly about Scrooge's neck.
It is a measly thing made out of tiny links of pure gold.
It is a shameful creation that weighs you down. Should you jump in even a puddle of water, the chain would drag you so far down that your head would never again break the surface.

#4 What does Scrooge tell the Ghost of Christmas Past as the spirit moves toward the window?

I am mortal and liable to fall.
The view is not what it once was.
Close the curtains, a draft is getting in.
From here you can see more than a dozen stars.

#5 Who tells Scrooge, "Our contract is an old one. It was made when we were both poor and content to be so, until, in good season, we could improve our worldly fortune by our patient industry. You are changed. When it was made, you were another man"?

Mr. Fezziwig
Scrooge's sister
Jacob Marley
Scrooge's fiancée

#6 "I told you these were shadows of the things that have been," the Ghost of Christmas Past tells Scrooge. "That they are what they are, do not __________ me!"

Hurt
Blame
Turn from
Yell at

Welcome to festivity!
Come in! Come in, and know me better, man.
Hello! Could you unlock the door?
Merry Christmas!

#8 Whom does Bob Cratchit describe as being "as good as gold and better"?

Tiny Tim
The pigeons resting above the church
Mrs. Cratchit
Ebenezer Scrooge

#9 Who says, "He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon Christmas Day, who made lame beggars walk, and blind men see"?

Ebenezer Scrooge
Tiny Tim
Bob Cratchit
The Ghost of Christmas Present

#10 When Scrooge asks for assurance that Tiny Tim will live, the Ghost of Christmas Present answers, "I see __________."

A small, simple gravestone engraved with the name of a young child
Only sorrow and despair for the Cratchits
A family racked with grief and swallowed by poverty
A vacant seat in the poor chimney-corner, and a crutch without an owner, carefully preserved

#11 Who objects when Bob Crachit says, "I'll give you Mr. Scrooge, the Founder of the Feast"?

Mrs. Cratchit
Tiny Tim
Ebenezer Scrooge
The Ghost of Christmas Present

#12 The Ghost of Christmas Present tells Scrooge, "This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware ________, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased."

Their older brother, Need
Them both
This boy
The ghost's wrath for their suffering

#13 As Scrooge's colleagues discuss his death, one says, "I don't mind going if __________ is provided."

A lunch
A pair of gloves
A coach
A little warmth

#14 Shortly before looking at his own gravestone, what does Scrooge ask the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come?

Huh?
Is this snow or are you using potato flakes, like movie makers?
Please, can't I have a second chance?
Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be, only?

Is it Easter yet?
Where is your hat, young man?
Has Christmas passed yet?
What's to-day?

#16 Scrooge asks the boy outside about a turkey hanging in the poulterer's window. How does the boy describe the bird?

The one as big as me?
The one with the wings and head still attached?
The big yellow one?
The one twice as big as the dog?

#17 The day after Christmas, how does Scrooge greet Bob Cratchit as the clerk shows up late for work?

Buy some more coal, Cratchit. It's cold in here.
You're fired!
Do you have any idea what time it is?
What do you mean by coming here at this time of day?

#18 Fill in the blank: "Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all, and infinitely more; and to Tiny Tim, who did not die, he was __________. He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew..."

A great uncle
An excellent master
A second father
A good friend

#19 Fill in the blank: "It was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if __________. May that be truly said of us, and all of us!"

He could just stay out of the punch bowl
Such a thing is possible
You can believe it
Any man alive possessed the knowledge

#20 The story ends by saying, "And so, as Tiny Tim observed, __________!"

It might be pleasant to people to remember upon Christmas Day, who made lame beggars walk, and blind men see
God Bless Us, Every One
Speak comfort to me
Mankind was my business

Famous Quotes - "A Christmas Carol"