Wk22L4 - A Christmas Carol Stave 1 Recap

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'A Christmas Carol': Stave One

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SHOOT THE CLOWN!

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Scrooge's dead business partner is called ...

Jacob Scrooge

Fred Marley

Jacob Marley

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Right!

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How is Fred related to Scrooge?

He is Scrooge's nephew.

He is Scrooge's son.

He is Scrooge's father.

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Right!Fred's mother was Fan, Scrooge's sister.

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3/5

Which of these items was NOT attached to Jacob Marley's chains?

padlock

cash box

pound note

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Right!

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Complete the first line of Stave One:'Marley was _____: to begin with.'

cruel

dead

old

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Right!The opening line is: 'Marley was dead: to begin with.'

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Which of these objects is Scrooge compared to in his opening description in Stave one?

an oyster

a knife

a frozen lake

5/5

Right!Scrooge is described as 'solitary as an oyster'.

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ARE YOU SURE?

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MIRROR LABYRINTH

Which image is the real one?Choose well and get to your reward!

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This motif is used to describe Fred in Stave one.

Dickens uses the adjectives 'wrenching, grasping and clutching' to describe Scrooge's ...

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This sound signals the arrival of Jacob Marley's ghost.

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These people visit Scrooge's counting house in Stave One.

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Complete this line: 'Old Marley was as dead as a _____'

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HORSE RACE

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Answer correctly before the time runs out and make your horse reach the finish line first!

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Scrooge is described as being 'hard and sharp as flint'. This is an example of a ...

YOU

metaphor

simile

sibilance

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Wrong!

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Which of these descriptions correctly describes Jacob Marley's appearance on the door knocker?

YOU

His face glowed ike a bad lobster in a dark cellar.

His face looked older and more wrinkled.

He had his eyes shut.

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2/5

Wrong!

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3/5

Complete Scrooge's line: 'If I could work my will ... every idiot who goes about with "Merry Christmas" on his lips should be ...'

YOU

boiled with his own pudding and buried with a stake of holly through his heart

made to wear a hat formed from holly branches

thrown into the workhouse

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3/5

Wrong!

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4/5

Complete Scrooge's line: 'If they would rather die ... they had better do it, and decrease the ____ population.'

YOU

surplus

rising

falling

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Wrong!

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5/5

Scrooge claims he cannot trust his senses because they are easily affected even by ...

YOU

poor eyesight

fear

cheese

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Wrong!

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THE HOUSE OF TERROR

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Jacob Marley's ghost tells Scrooge: 'Mankind was my _______. The common welfare was my ______; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence were all my ______' What is the missing word?

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downfall

business

responsibility

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Complete this description of Scrooge: 'hard and sharp as _____'

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flint

rock

concrete

What is different about Jacob Marley's appearance as a ghost?

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A handkerchief is bound around his head and chin.

He is wearing a waistcoat.

His hair is bound in a pig-tail.

According to Jacob Marley's ghost, when will the first ghost appear to Scrooge?

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At one 'o' clock

In an hour's time

On Christmas Day evening

The following phrase is an example of which method: 'The house opposite were mere phantoms.'

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Simile and foreshadowing of the supernatural

Just foreshadowing of the supernatural

Metaphor and foreshadowing of the supernatural

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