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A Christmas Carol ~ Stave One

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  • What is Scrooge’s famous phrase about Christmas?
    Bah! Humbug!
  • How does Scrooge react to the idea of three spirits visiting him?
    He feels uneasy but doesn’t fully believe it.
  • How does Scrooge respond to Fred’s invitation?
    He refuses.
  • How does Scrooge initially explain the ghost’s appearance?
    As indigestion ("an undigested bit of beef").
  • What does Bob Cratchit do after work on Christmas Eve?
    Goes home to celebrate with his family.
  • How does Bob Cratchit react when Scrooge agrees to give him Christmas Day off?
    He thanks Scrooge gratefully.
  • What does Scrooge give to his clerk as a Christmas gift?
    Nothing
  • What food does Scrooge eat before bed?
    Gruel
  • What is the setting of Scrooge’s counting-house?
    Cold, dark, and sparsely furnished
  • What weather condition is described as Scrooge walks home?
    Foggy and cold
  • How is Marley’s ghost described when it first appears?
    Transparent and bound in chains
  • What does Scrooge complain about when Bob asks for Christmas Day off?
    It’s a poor excuse for picking a man’s pocket every twenty-fifth of December.
  • What does Scrooge do when he hears carolers singing outside his office?
    He scares them away.
  • What is Fred’s attitude toward Scrooge despite his coldness?
    Cheerful and forgiving
  • What is Scrooge’s first reaction to hearing about the spirits?
    He dismisses it as nonsense.
  • What object does Scrooge notice on his door knocker?
    Marley’s face
  • What lesson does Marley warn Scrooge to learn?
    To change his ways and avoid Marley’s fate.
  • How long has Marley been dead at the start of the story?
    Seven years
  • How much money does Scrooge donate to the poor?
    None
  • What is the relationship between Scrooge and Marley?
    Business partners
  • Who asks Scrooge for a donation to the poor?
    Two portly gentlemen
  • What does Marley say about Scrooge’s future?
    He will suffer a worse fate unless he changes.
  • What is the first line of A Christmas Carol?
    Marley was dead, to begin with.
  • What does Scrooge think of Christmas as a holiday?
    A waste of time and money
  • What do the chains Marley wears symbolize?
    The greed and selfishness of his life
  • Why is Marley condemned to wander the Earth?
    Because of his selfish life and lack of charity
  • What time does Scrooge leave work on Christmas Eve?
    After sunset
  • What does Marley’s ghost carry with him?
    Chains made of cashboxes, padlocks, and ledgers
  • How does Bob Cratchit keep warm at work?
    By warming his hands over a candle
  • What is the name of Scrooge’s clerk?
    Bob Cratchit
  • What is wrapped around Marley’s ghost’s head?
    A bandage
  • How does Scrooge describe people who celebrate Christmas?
    Idiots who should be boiled in their own pudding.
  • What does Fred call Christmas in his speech?
    A kind, forgiving, charitable time.
  • How many spirits does Marley say will visit Scrooge?
    Three
  • What sound does Scrooge hear as Marley’s ghost approaches?
    Chains rattling
  • What time of day does most of Stave One take place?
    Evening and night
  • Who invites Scrooge to Christmas dinner?
    Fred
  • What time does Marley tell Scrooge the first spirit will arrive?
    At one o’clock
  • How does Scrooge react to seeing Marley’s face on the knocker?
    He is startled but dismisses it.
  • What does Scrooge say about prisons and workhouses?
    Are they still in operation?
  • What does Marley say about the business of mankind?
    Mankind was my business.
  • What does Scrooge do after Marley’s ghost disappears?
    He goes to bed.
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