Many popular literary works have been inspired by or associated with the season of Christmas. How well do you know these famous Christmas stories? Test your knowledge of Yuletide tales old and new with our festive quiz!1. In A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by how many ghosts?OneThreeFour2. "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry is a short story in which a husband and wife each sacrifice a prized possession to buy a gift for the other. What sacrifice does the wife make?She sells an heirloom ring.She sells her hair.She sells her silver combs.3. In Henry Van Dyke’s The Story of the Other Wise Man, what is the name of the fourth wise man?ArtabanBalthasarGaspar4. "The Little Match Girl," a short story written by Hans Christian Andersen, takes placeon Christmas Eveon Christmas Dayon New Year’s Eve5. In The Littlest Angel by Charles Tazewell, a little boy offers a gift to the infant Jesus on the first Christmas. What was the gift?a cradlea treasure boxa blanket of sheep’s wool6. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, wrote a mystery set at Christmastime in which a stolen jewel is found in a Christmas goose. What is the title of the story?The Adventure of the Blue CarbuncleThe Mystery of the Blue SapphireThe Tale of the Blue Topaz7. In “The Christmas Cuckoo” by Frances Browne, what gift does the cuckoo bring the merry cobbler Spare every year?a gold leafa silver leafa green leaf8. Who befriends and helps the Happy Prince in the tale of the same name by Oscar Wilde?a mousea cata swallow9. What is the name of the little girl who receives the nutcracker in the ballet by Tchaikovsky?ClaraAnnaLouise10. In which 19th-century tale does a young girl organize a Christmas celebration for a poor family by the name of Ruggles?Little Women, by Louisa May AlcottThe Birds’ Christmas Carol, by Kate Douglas WigginThe Cricket on the Hearth, by Charles Dickens
