ACC - Stave 1 Recap

How does Stave 1 begin?

• Scrooge was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone

• External heat or cold had no effect on him

• Old Marley was dead as a doornail

• Marley was dead, to begin with

What did Scrooge like to do?

• Stop people in the street with gladsome looks

• To edge his way along the crowded paths of life

• To bestow a trifle on beggars

• To enquire to such and such a place

What does Scrooge mean when he says “Humbug!”?

• This is deceptive talk or false behaviour.

• Give me a peppermint flavoured boiled sweet

• You are just like a peppermint flavoured boiled sweet

• If I listen to you, I will turn into a humbug like you

Why does Scrooge's nephew love Christmas?

• He fell in love at Christmas

• He has made a profit from Christmas

• It has never put a scrap of gold in his pocket

• Believing has 'done him good'

Why do the two portly gentlemen choose to raise funds for the Poor at Christmas?

• Because they want to furnish Christian cheer of mind or body to the multitude

• Because they want to make idle people merry

• Because they want to provide warmth for the Poor.

• Because it is a time when Want is keenly felt, and Abundance rejoices.

Which Victorian establishments does Scrooge NOT mention to the two portly gentlemen?

• The Treadmill and The Poor Law

• The Union Workhouses

• The National Health Service

• The Prisons

“You are fettered,” said Scrooge (to Marley). What does this sentence mean?

• You are very well fed

• You are in good health

• You are bound in chains

• You are celebrated

Which statement below is NOT a message that Marley’s Ghost delivers to Scrooge?

• I have sat invisible beside you many and many a day.

• I am here tonight to warn you, that you have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate

• You will be haunted by Three Spirits

• Without their visits, you cannot hope to shun the path I tread

How does Stave I end?

• Scrooge looks out of the window and sees the air filled with phantoms outside then goes to bed

• Marley’s Ghost takes Scrooge outside where he gets a glimpse of the Invisible World

• Marley’s Ghost floated out upon the bleak, dark night.

• Marley’s Ghost held up its hand, warning him to come no nearer. Scrooge stopped