ACC Revision

Question 1

[Ghosts]
What is the appearance of the Ghost of Christmas Present?

Answer 1

• ‘The spirits eyes were clear and kind’
• ’ A kind of throne’

Question 2

[Ghosts]
What does the Ghost of Christmas Present represent?

Answer 2

Charity and Family

Question 3

[Ghosts]
Which Ghost is the first to appear?

Answer 3

Marleys Ghost

Question 4

[Ghosts]
What is the Ghost of Christmas Pasts appearance?

Answer 4

Looks both like a child an an old man

Question 5

[Ghosts]
Where does the Ghost of Christmas Past take Scrooge first?

Answer 5

Countryside - Scrooge was raised - He sees his old school, his childhood mates, and familiar landmarks of his youth.

Question 6

[Ghosts]
How does Dickens present the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

Answer 6

A ‘Solemn’ and Spooky spirit

Question 7

[Ghosts]
How does Scrooge feel seeing the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come?

Answer 7

Afraid

Question 8

[Ghosts]
Where does Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come take Scrooge?

Answer 8

To see Tiny Tim’s death

Question 9

[Fear]
What shows Scrooge’s fear?

Answer 9

“I am heartily sorry” - speaking to Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.
“Show me no more” - speaking to Ghost of Christmas Past.

Question 10

[Attitude]
What was Scrooge’s attitude to Christmas at the beginning?

Answer 10

Darkness is cheap and Scrooge liked it.
“Should be boiled in his own pudding and buried with a stake of holly through his heart”
“Bah, Humbug”
“Tight fisted, hard and sharp as flint, solitary as an oyster”

Question 11

[Attitude]
What was Scrooge’s attitude at the end of the novella?

Answer 11

Glowing with good intentions
- “I am as light as a feather”
- “To Tiny Tim, he was a second father”

Question 12

[Attitude]
What was Scrooge’s attitude towards poverty?
(Quote)

Answer 12

Dickens challenges the poor laws embodying Thomas Malthas.
“Are there no prisons?”
“Are there no workhouses?”

Question 13

Use a quote for poverty

Answer 13

“Yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolffish”