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Christmas Carol Flashcards

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Stave 1

What quote shows that Scrooge is mean and stingy?

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‘as hard and sharp as flint’

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Stave 1

What quote shows that Scrooge is as cold-blooded as a dead penguin?

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‘External heat and cold had little
influence on Scrooge.’

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Stave 1

What quote shows that the walls cannot keep out the cold?

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‘The fog came pouring in at every
chink and keyhole.’

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Stave 1

What quote shows that Scrooge believes poverty is a crime?

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‘”Are there no prisons?” asked Scrooge.’

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What quote shows that Scrooge does not fit into the wider society?

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‘Solitary as an oyster.’

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What quote shows that Scrooge does not treat his employee
well?

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‘His clerk, who in a dismal little cell beyond…was
copying letters…’

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Who is this quote describing :
‘He was all in a glow; his face was ruddy and
handsome; his eyes sparkled.’ ?

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Fred

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What quote shows that Scrooge does not celebrate Xmas?

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‘“I don’t make merry myself at Christmas, and I
can’t afford to make idle people merry.”’

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What quote shows that Scrooge cares nothing for the poor, and believes they are a waste of resources?

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‘”If they would rather die… they had
better do it, and decrease the surplus
population.’”

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What quote shows that your actions during life affect your afterlife?

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‘”I wear the chain I forged in life.”’

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What quote shows caring for others is more important than making money?

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‘”Mankind was my business.”’

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What quote shows Scrooge does not believe in freedom?

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‘At the ominous word liberality’, Scrooge frowned.’

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What quote shows that Scrooge has continued the bad ways of him and Marley to this very day

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‘”Or would know,” pursued the Ghost,
“the weight and length of the strong coil you
bear yourself? It was full as heavy and as long
as this, seven Christmas Eves ago. You have
laboured on it, since. It is a ponderous
chain!”’

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What quote shows that Scrooge’s transformation has began?

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‘He tried to say, ‘Humbug!’ but stopped at the first
syllable.’

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What quote shows that the ghost does not belong in this world?

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‘Scrooge… found himself face to face with the
unearthly visitor…’

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Which ghost visits Scrooge in stave 2?

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Christmas Past

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What quote shows that the ghost does not belong in this world?

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‘Scrooge… found himself face to face with the
unearthly visitor…’

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What quote shows that the past informs the future?

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‘It was a strange figure – like a child: yet not so like a
child as like an old man.’

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What quote shows that Scrooge is feeling sad for his old self?

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‘”Your lip is trembling,” said the Ghost. “And what is
that upon your cheek?”’

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What quote shows that Scrooge has a human side?

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‘Scrooge… wept to see his poor forgotten self as he
used to be.’

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What quote shows that Scrooge regrets the past lack of generosity

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‘”There was a boy singing a Christmas carol at my
door last night. I should like to have given him
something: that’s all.”’

22
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What quote shows that Scrooge will also be able to change?

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‘”Father is so much kinder than he used to be, that
home’s like Heaven!’

23
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What quote shows that Scrooge finds money more important than love?

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‘”Another idol has displaced me.”’

24
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What quote shows that Scrooge wants to escape his past?

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‘He seized the extinguisher-cap, and by sudden
action pressed it down upon its head.’

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What quote shows that it is impossible to escape his past?

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‘He could not hide the light: which streamed from
under it, in an unbroken flood upon the ground

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Which ghost visits Scrooge at the start of Stave 3?

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Christmas present

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What quotation shows that the spirit is all-powerful?

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‘A strange voice called him by his name, and bade him
enter’

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What quotation shows that the sprit is kind, inviting, and the present is fleeting?

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‘”Come in! and know me better, man!”’

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What quotation shows that the spirit prioritises peace?

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‘Girded round its middle was an antique scabbard; but
no sword was in it, and the ancient sheath was eaten up
with rust.’

30
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What quotation shows that Tiny Tim will die?

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“’If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the
child will die.’”

31
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What quotation shows that the ghost repeats Scrooge’s cruel words?

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‘”What then? If he be like to die, he had better do it, and
decrease the surplus population.”’

32
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What quotation shows that even the most poor celebrate Christmas?

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‘”A place where Miners live, who labour in the bowels of
the earth,” returned the Spirit. “But, they know me. See!”’

33
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What quotation shows 2 children representing children in poverty?

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‘They were a boy and girl. Yellow, meagre, ragged,
scowling, wolfish: but prostrate, too, in their humility.’

34
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Which spirit visits Scrooge at the start of Stave 4?

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Christmas Yet to Come

35
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Which quote shows that the Spirit represents death and fear?

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‘The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently, approached.’

36
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Which quote shows that the spirit is a physical embodiment of death?

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‘It seemed to scatter gloom and mystery.’

37
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Which quote shows that the spirit inspires fear in Scrooge?

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‘There were ghostly eyes intently fixed upon
him.’

38
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Which quote shows that Scrooge is tight with his money?

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‘”It’s likely to be a very cheap funeral.”’

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Which quote shows that Scrooge is realising the consequences of his actions?

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‘”Spirit!” said Scrooge, shuddering from head to foot.
“I see, I see. The case of this unhappy man might be
my own.”’

40
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Which quote shows a metaphor for Scrooge’s personality?

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‘Oh cold, cold, rigid, dreadful Death, set up thine altar
here.’

41
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Which quote shows Scrooge wants someone to care about his death

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‘”Let me see some tenderness connected with a
death.”’

42
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Which quote shows that Scrooge is desperate to change.

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“’I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it
all the year. I will live in the Past, Present, and the
Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will
not shut out the lessons that they teach. Oh, tell me I
may sponge away the writing on this stone.”’

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Which quote shows that Scrooge is overwhelmed by the change he has gone through?

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‘He was so fluttered and so glowing with his good
intentions, that his broken voice would scarcely
answer to his call.’

44
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Which quote shows that Scrooge has been reborn with a happy, merry soul?

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‘”I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an
angel, I am as merry as a school-boy.”’

45
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Which quote reminds the reader of the Scrooge in Stave 1?

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No fog, not mist; clear, bright, jovial, stirring, cold.’

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