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A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Question:

Ebeneezer Scrooge is the main character in this novel. What does

the word“ SCROOGE“ mean?

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to be mean;to be tightfisted or closefisted;to be a miser;to be stingy

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Solution:

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• 1.Who is Scrooge?• 2.Who is Fred?• 3.Who is Bob?

Solution: 1. Owner of an ironmongery Marley‘s ex-partner A very unkind and stingy man. 2. Scrooge‘s nephew 3. Scrooge‘s clerk.

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• Why does Scrooge‘s nephew Fred pay him a visit?

Solution: - He wants to wish him merry Christmas. - He invites him to his family‘s Christmas party.

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Question: Where does Scrooge take his dinner on Christmas Eve and whom does he meet

afterwards?

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Solution:-In his usual melancholy tavern.-Marley‘s enchained Ghost!

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Why does Marley‘s Ghost have to wander through the world?

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• It‘s a punishment because during his lifetime• he didn‘t share with other people what he

could have shared.

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• Where does the Ghost of the Past take • Scrooge to?

Solution:

The Ghost leads him back to his childhood, his village, market place and to the time

when he was Fezziwig‘s apprentice.

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• Can you describe Fezziwig?

Solution:

He is jollyand agenerousmerchant.

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• What do we know about Belle?

Solution:

She loved Scrooge but left him when she understood that he was only interested in money and couldn‘t love.

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• How does the room look like when the Ghost of the Present is active?

Solution:

It is full of green leaves and delicious food.

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• How is the Ghost of Present clothed?

Solution:

It wears a simple green robe with a white fur.

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• Where does Scrooge go to with his Ghost?

Solution:

To his employee‘s family or the Cratchits.

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• What kind of problem does the Cratchit family have?

Solution:

They are poor because Scrooge pays him very badly.

They have a very sick boy, Tiny Tim.

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• Do you have the impression that the family members are sad or unhappy at Christmas?

Solution:

No, despite their difficult life they are merry and for their Christmas party they even have a goose with apple-sauce to stretch and mashed potatoes.

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• What happens next?

Solution:

The Ghost and Scrooge go to his nephew‘s family, where they are singing and playing blind-man‘s-buff. Scroge, therefore, wants to remain to the end.

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• What‘s the name of the third Ghost?

Solution:

The Ghost of the Christmas yet to come.

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Who died?

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Solution:

a rich businessman.

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What is written on the Tombstone?

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Solution:His, Scrooge‘s name!

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• Are any people sad because of this man‘s death?

Solution:

No, not at all. On the contrary, vagabonds sell his personsal belongings and even laugh

about him and a couple is happy so they don‘t have to pay back their debts.

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• What does Scrooge pray for?

Solution:

To get one more chance to change his life.

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• What does he want to buy for his employee‘s family?

• What else does he want to do in the future?

Solution:

The biggest turkey the butcher has to sell and send it to the Cratchit‘s.

Help the poor people throughout the year and honour Christmas.

Dickens shows with this story that we, the human beings, are responsible for each other.

In this sense I wish you all merry Christmas. Bye Martina

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