Mid Term - - 2016 Flashcards
What is the term for almost always silent?
Taciturn
What is the term for the study of the history of man?
Anthropology
What is the term a particular set of skills?
Repertoire
What is the term for angry?
Indignation
What is the term for to surrender to another authority for trial?
Extradite
What is the term for the doctrine of the church?
Dogma
What is the term for the particular to a certain region or country?
Indigenous
What is the term for prejudice?
Bias
What is the term for a jar like container to spit into?
Spittoon
What is the term for journey?
Sojourn
What is the term for old-fashioned?
Passé
What is the term for kind, or charitable?
Benevolent
What is the term of the group?
Covey
What is the term for the great foolishness?
Imbecilities
What is the term for friendly?
Amiable
What is the term for sad or gloomy?
Melancholy
What is the term for the duty of the history of earth through rocks?
Geology
What is the court attendant in charge of prisoners?
Bailiff
What is the term for someone who wanders from place to place?
Vagrant
What is the term for the powerless?
Impotent
What is the term for illegal?
Illicit
What is the term for easy to understand?
Discernible
What is the term for to hide?
Conceal
What is the term for always ready to argue or fight?
Contentious
What is the term for boldness, daring?
Audacity
What is the term for irregular?
Erratic
What is the term to get back?
Recover
What is the term for irregular?
Erratic
What is the term to get back?
Recover
What is the term for disrespect toward God or religion?
Blasphemy
What is the term for left handed?
Southpaw
What is the term for an agreement in which both parties agree to give something up?
Compromise
What is the term for someone who believes contrary to church teaching?
Heretic
What is the term to make up for some kind of wrong or mistake?
Redeem
What is the term for ill-will or hatred?
Animosity
What is the term for violently disturbed, chaotic, stormy?
Turbulent
What is the term for evil?
Malevolent
What is the term for a man known as father or founder?
Patriarch
What is the term for heaven or skies?
Firmament
What is the term to formally charge for a crime of offense?
Indict
What is the term for suspenders?
Gall uses
What is the term for rumors, - something heard from another?
Hearsay
What color is the Ghost of Christmas Present’s robe?
Green
What does the Ghost of Christmas Present reveal about Tiny Tim?
If the shadow remain - - there will be an epic hair and a crutch with NO owner
A Christmas Carol was written during what period of domestic growth in England?
The Industrial Revolution
What does Fred want from his uncle?
A meaningful relationship
In stave one you lean if one does not go out and spread love and kindness among their fellow man during their lifetime - what are they?
Doomed to wander the earth in chains, longing to help those they can not
Where is Scrooge when he says - - “Remember it? I could walk it blindfold?”
In the past at his old school
Why does Scrooge remain at school for a good portion of his youth - why does his father hold a grudge against him?
Scrooge’s mother died in childbirth
What does the Phantom show Scrooge when he asks to see some tenderness connected with death?
Tiny Tim’s death
What is the point of the long discussion between Joe and Mrs. Dilber?
To demonstrate that the man they stole from died alone and Miserable
What is under Christmas Present’s Robe?
Ignorance and want
What is Jacob Marley’s burden in death and why does he have it?
Wears the chains he forged in life and wanted the earth for the want to help other
How might Scrooge’s childhood have be difficult?
Father’s abandonment
If someone is called a Scrooge in modern society what does that mean?
Use your notes - - cares more about money than people
Besides that of Bob Cratchit - - give an example of Scrooge seeing into the lives of theirs and explain why it was important?
Use your notes - - Look at light house - - miners
What type of business was Scrooge into?
MONEY
How does the Ghost of Christmas future communicate with Scrooge?
By pointing
What does Scrooge promise the Ghost of Christmas yet to come?
To live in the past, present and future and to honor Christmas
What did each of the three spirits of Christmas look like?
Past - - light (both young and old)
Present - - Large - green robe very happy go lucky
Future - - Hooded figure
What simile is used to describe Jacob Marley in the first two paragraphs of the story?
Dead as a door ail
What is inferred from the following::
They were not a handsome family, they were not well dressed; their shoes were far from waterproof. Their clothes were scantly, but they were happy, grateful pleased with one another and contented with the time?
They had love and that was all they needed - - it was enough.
Why might Scrooge dislike Christmas?
Fan’s death
His breakup with Belle
Marley’s death
When does the following quote happen - and what does it say about Scrooge?
“An intelligent boy - a remarkable boy - Do you know whether they’ve sold the prize Turkey that was hanging up there/. Not the little prize Turkey - the big one?
It was after he wakes up on Christmas morning
Show his conversion - - his change of life, his change in appreciation for life
What do the Portly Gentle men that come into Scrooge’s office want at the beginning of the story?
They are collecting for the poor
Why is it important to remind Scrooge of Belle?
To show him what he has lost
Why is it about Tiny Tim that leaves such a lasting impression of Scrooge?
Faced with such a difficult life - he is still appreciative of everything - - still positive - - still sees the good
Which spirit had the greatest influence on Scrooge?
Use your notes - - be able to back it up with facts from the book
Compare and contrast Bob Cratchit and Scrooge as they are presented in the beginning of the novel- - what is their working relationship like - why does Bob Cratchit continue to work for Scrooge
Use your notes
Discuss why Scrooge has to understand the lives of others before can understand his own.
Use your notes
