Christmas Carol Section 6 Quiz

Think about the texts “Study: Experiences Make Us Happier than Possessions” by Elizabeth Landau and “Do Experiences or Possessions Make Us Happier?” from the website ScienceDaily.

Identify two central ideas that are conveyed in the articles.

• Research was conducted with 154 individuals who reflected on a purchase they recently made.

• Experiences rarely increase happiness, and this should make consumers cautious.

• Creating public parks or hiking trails can provide more opportunities for community members to engage in experiences with others.

• People should seek out experiences over possessions because they increase feelings of connectedness and vitality.

• Different factors can impact whether experiences or possessions make a person happier.

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Think about Staves I–IV of A Christmas Carol and answer the questions that follow.

What does Scrooge learn about life in A Christmas Carol?

• Scrooge learns that it is necessary to take care of those who are less fortunate, especially by giving them money.

• Scrooge learns that not having certain possessions can destroy a family.

• Scrooge learns that even though he has grown increasingly wealthy and has more money than he could ever need, he is missing human contact and joy in his life.

• Scrooge learns that money is very important in a relationship, and not having money could affect the relationship negatively.

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Which piece of evidence be illustrates what Scrooge learns about life in A Christmas Carol?

• “But what did Scrooge care! It was the very thing he liked. To edge his way along the crowded paths of life, warning all human sympathy to keep its distance, was what the knowing ones call “nuts” to Scrooge.”

• “The air was filled with phantoms, wandering hither and thither in restless haste, and moaning as they went. Every one of them wore chains like Marley’s Ghost; some few (they might be guilty governments) were linked together; none were free. Many had been personally known to Scrooge in their lives.”

• “Eked out by apple-sauce and mashed potatoes, it was a sufficient dinner for the whole family; indeed, as Mrs. Cratchit said with great delight (surveying one small atom of a bone upon the dish), they hadn’t ate it all at last!”

• “He lay, in the dark empty house, with not a man, a woman, or a child, to say that he was kind to me in this or that, and for the memory of one kind word I will be kind to him.”

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Should I spend money on a vacation or a new computer? Will an experience or an object make me happier? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research says it depends on different factors, including how materialistic you are.

     Even though conventional wisdom says choose the vacation, authors Leonardo Nicolao, Julie R. Irwin (both University of Texas at Austin), and Joseph K. Goodman (Washington University, St. Louis) say the answer is more complicated than previously thought.

_{“Do Experiences of Possessions Make Us Happier?” from ScienceDaily}

What does the author suggest in this excerpt about whether experiences or possessions make people happier?

• There are varied things to consider when determining whether an experience or a possession will make a person happier.

• Spending money will result in more happiness.

• The amount of money and possessions a person has are important factors when determining one’s happiness.

• Vacations will make a person happier than possessions because the experience can never be repeated.

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Which quotation best shows what the author suggests in the excerpt about whether experiences or possessions make people happier?

• "Should I spend money on a vacation or a new computer?"

• "Will an experience or an object make me happier?"

• "A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research says it depends on different factors, including how materialistic you are."

• "Even though conventional wisdom says choose the vacation, authors Leonardo Nicolao, Julie R. Irwin (both University of Texas at Austin), and Joseph K. Goodman (Washington University, St. Louis) say the answer is more complicated than previously thought."