Ebenezer Scrooge Flashcards

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1
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What is Scrooge a symbol of?

A

victorian capitalism

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2
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What sentiment does Scrooge seem to echo?

A

Malthusianism

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3
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What is Scrooge in terms of being an employer?

A

avaricious

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4
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A word beginning with M to describe Scrooge?

A

misanthropic

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5
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A word beginning with I to describe Scrooge?

A

isolated

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6
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To do with money to describe hoarding, what is Scrooge?

A

miser

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7
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What has Scrooge done by the end of A Christmas Carol?

A

redeemed himself

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8
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What is Scrooge a caricature of?

A

archetypal businessman

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9
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What can Scrooge evoke?

A

dissaproval and sympathy

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10
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Who does Scrooge wish to help? HINT: member of the Cratchit family.

A

Tiny Tim

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11
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Who’s death is presented near the end of A Christmas Carol, who Scrooge is shocked by?

A

Scrooge

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12
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What does Scrooge question is present, while talking to the Carolers?

A

the Poor Law and Workhouses

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13
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How does Scrooge react to his past?

A

he is upset and weeps

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14
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What can Scrooge be connotated as through Page 2 description in Stave 1?

A

cold-hearted

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15
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What technique for structure that is seen through Scrooge?

A

semantic field

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16
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What will Scrooge live in, in terms of Spirits?

A

the Past, the Present and the Future

17
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What will Scrooge honour near the end of Stave 4, the answer is the quote?

A

‘I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.’