A CHRISTMAS CAROL
A Christmas Carol (Richard Williams, 1972), received the Oscar for Best Animated Short.
- Where is the place of the story?
- What time does the story begin? (Incidentally, "time" is the wrong word used by the narrator. Surely he means "year"!)
- What six words are used by the narrator to describe the Christmas season?
- What
"human exception" is the story concerned with?
- What does Scrooge's nephew say Scrooge doesn't really mean?
- Why does the nephew say Scrooge has no reason to be morose?
- Why does Scrooge say the nephew has no reason to be merry?
- What mood does the nephew advise his uncle not to be in?
- What would Scrooge do if he had his own will to do to everyone who speaks the words, "Merry Christmas"?
- How does Scrooge advise his nephew to keep Christmas?
- What does the nephew want Scrooge to do tomorrow?
- What does the nephew say he's sorry about?
- What does the nephew promise to keep to the last?
- When did Mr. Marley died?
- Why are the two men from the charity organization trying to raise a fund (they mention three benefits)?
- About what institutions does Scrooge inquire if they are in their full vigor?
- Why does Scrooge think it's better that the poor die?
- What does Scrooge assume that Bob Cratchit will want all day tomorrow?
- What, according to Scrooge, is a poor excuse for picking a man's pocket every 25th of December?
- How much does Scrooge suggest he should deduct from Cratchit's wages for missing work on that day?
- What does Scrooge warn Cratchit about the next morning?
- Who is specifically mentioned as avoiding Scrooge?
- What does Scrooge keep at a distance?
- What does Marley's Ghost answer when Scrooge asks what the ghost wants of him?
- What three things does Scrooge say Marley may be instead of a real ghost?
- What pun is used in one of the reasons Scrooge gives above to explain the ghost away?
- What did Marley forge in his life?
- What did he gird on of his own free will?
- What did he make yard by yard?
- Who was always a good man of business?
- What does Marley's Ghost say was his business?
- What did the Blessed Star lead the Wise Men to?
- What does Marley's Ghost warn Scrooge about his fate?
- How many Spirits will Scrooge be haunted by?
- What day is the first Spirit expected?
- What time?
According to the narrator, as Marley's Ghost departs, what was the air filled with?
- What was the basis of their misery?
- What sound did Scrooge awake to?
- Which is the first Ghost?
- What brings the ghost to Scrooge?
- What do the shadows represent?
- "Shadows" is used in an old sense. Today a "shadow" is the shade cast when an object blocks the sun. What do you think "shadows" means in this novella?
- Do these shadows have consciousness of Scrooge?
- Who is the solitary child in the school neglected by his friends?
- Whom does Scrooge refer to as the poor boy?
- Why does Fizziwig say there will be no more work that night?
- What does the ghost say was a small matter?
- What does Scrooge's girlfriend say he fears too much?
- What does Scrooge say is hard?
- Therefore what does he pursue?
- What does Scrooge's girlfriend say she has seen fall off one by one?
- What does she call Scrooge's Master Passion?
- What does Scrooge's girlfriend offer to release Scrooge from?
- What according to the girlfriend has changed?
- What period of time does the second ghost represent?
- What hasn't Scrooge ever seen the like of?
- What does the second ghost ask Scrooge to touch?
- What does the ghost see when Scrooge asks if Tiny Tim will live?
- What will happen to Tiny Tim if the shadows of the present be unaltered by the future?
- According to the ghost, who lives in the bowels of the earth?
- When Scrooge asks who the children belong to, what does the ghost answer?
- What is the name of the boy?
- What is the name of the girl?
- Which child does the ghost say Scrooge should especially beware?
- What two things does Scrooge expect the two children to have?
- Which spectre does Scrooge fear more than any other?
- What does Scrooge say the purpose of this spectre is?
- One of the three businessmen say "Old Scratch has got his own." Do a search on "Old Scratch." Who is he?
- How expensive will Scrooge's funeral be, according to one of the three businessmen?
- One businessmen says he doesn't mind the funeral on condition that _______is provided?
- What two articles do the women try to sell from Scrooge's home?
- Scrooge tells the Spirit he would do what the Spirit asks him to do, but what does Scrooge say he lacks?
- What does Scrooge want to see connected with "the death" he has just witnessed?
- Whose death was it?
- What does Scrooge want the Spirit to assure him?
- What amazes Scrooge about his bed curtains?
- In which part of time does Scrooge plan to live: Past, present, future.
- On what day does Scrooge wake up?
- How long did it take for all the Spirits to do their work?
- What does Scrooge call wonderful on his front door?
- What does Scrooge send to Bob Cratchit?
- In order to justify his late arrival at the office, what does Bob Cratchit tell Scrooge he was doing the night before?
- What does Scrooge tell Bob Cratchit they'll discuss that very afternoon?
- Who does the narrator say knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed that knowledge?
- Be prepared to discuss the story and its cartoon version in class.
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