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They didn't teach that
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What important day of the year is it?
Christmas Eve.
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What is the full name of Scrooge's deceased business partner?
Jacob Marley
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What is the opening line of Stave 1?
"Marley was dead, to begin with."
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"As solitary as an oyster."
Simile
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Who wrote A Christmas Carol?
Charles Dickens
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How long has it been since Marley's death?
7 years
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Why do the two "portly gentlemen" visit Scrooge's place of business?
They are collecting money to help the poor.
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How does Scrooge reply to any one who wishes him a merry Christmas?
"Bah, humbug!"
200

"The same, same face: the very same."

Repetition

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During which era (years) was A Christmas Carol written.

The Victorian era or 1800s

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Where does Marley's Ghost first appear?
Marley face is seen in the door knocker to Scrooge's home.
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Who invites Scrooge to join him for Christmas dinner?
Scrooge's nephew, Fred.
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"I wear the chain I forged in ______"

life

300

"The "gruff" church bell "peeping slyly down at Scrooge," the "glaring eye" of the sunset...

Personification

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What is the definition of the term scrooge?
A person who spends as little money as possible and is not generous.
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How does Cratchit persuade Scrooge to allow to take Christmas day off?
Cratchit reminds Scrooge that it is only once a year and he promises to arrive early the next day.
400
How much does Scrooge pay his clerk each week?
Cratchit earns 15 shillings a week.
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What shocking statement does Scrooge make about the poor?

"If they would rather die they had better do it, and decease the ____________   ____________

"If they would rather die they had better do it, and decease the surplus population."

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"Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge!"
Metaphor
400

This is used to indicate a time span

En Dash 1830-1910

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Where does Scrooge live?
Scrooge lives in the chambers which had once belonged to Marley.
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Who joins Marley's Ghost in Scrooge's bed chamber at the end of Stave 1?
The room is filled with other phantoms, each carrying their own chains.
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"You will be haunted," resumed the Ghost, " by ___________   _____________

Three Spirits

500

"Every idiot who goes about with a merry Christmas on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding and buried with a stake of holly through his heart!"

Hyperbole

500
This is used to separate a list with internal commas?
Semicolon