A Christmas Carol · Charles Dickens

Whole Book Quiz

Twenty questions on the whole of A Christmas Carol: its structure, its Spirits, its people and its message.

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Q1 of 20
When was A Christmas Carol published?
Q2 of 20
What does Dickens call his chapters?
Q3 of 20
How many staves are there?
Q4 of 20
In what order do the Spirits appear?
Q5 of 20
What is Scrooge's first name?
Q6 of 20
Who is Fred?
Q7 of 20
Who is Bob Cratchit?
Q8 of 20
What is wrong with Tiny Tim?
Q9 of 20
Which Spirit frightens Scrooge most?
Q10 of 20
What do the two children named by the second Spirit stand for?
Q11 of 20
What is the main message of the book?
Q12 of 20
Which law does Scrooge defend when he mentions workhouses?
Q13 of 20
Who sees Scrooge sitting alone in his office the night Marley lay dying?
Q14 of 20
What is Scrooge like at the start of the book?
Q15 of 20
How does Scrooge feel when he wakes on Christmas morning?
Q16 of 20
Whose Christmas dinner does Scrooge join at the end?
Q17 of 20
Who wrote the book?
Q18 of 20
Why do the Spirits show Scrooge these scenes?
Q19 of 20
What does Scrooge promise at the grave?
Q20 of 20
Why is the book still read every December?