A Christmas Carol, Stave Two Review

Question 1

The narrator describes Scrooge as having "ferret eyes." This is an example of...

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metaphor

Question 2

The first spirit and Scrooge see a lonely boy reading by the fire. This child is...

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Scrooge's younger self

Question 3

Young Scrooge occupies his time by

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reading

Question 4

Scrooge was once in love with...

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Belle

Question 5

After he was awakened by the clock, Scrooge looks out the window to find...

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no people running to and fro

Question 6

Old Fezziwig's Christmas party...

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cost only three or four pounds

Question 7

The first spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Past...

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looks like a child but also looks like an old man

Question 8

Scrooge went to bed again and thought, and thought, and thought it was over and over" is...

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repetition

Question 9

At the beginning of Stave 2 when the clock strikes twelve, Scrooge is confused because

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he went to bed after two

Question 10

When they arrive at Scrooge's old school, the "crisp air laughed to hear" the happy sounds.

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personification

Question 11

In order to enable Scrooge to travel and fly out through the window, the first ghost...

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places his hand upon Scrooge's heart

Question 12

Scrooge seized the first ghost's extinguisher cap and...

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put it on the ghost's head

Question 13

After visiting Fezziwig's party, Scrooge wishes he had been kinder to...

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Bob Cratchit

Question 14

According to Scrooge's fiancee, Scrooge...

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cares about money more than he cares about her

Question 15

Scrooge tells the second spirit that he...

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had learned a lesson from the previous ghost

Question 16

The second spirit, Ghost of Christmas Present...

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has over eighteen hundred brothers

Question 17

"In came Mrs. Fezziwig, one vast, substantial smile." This is an example of...

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synecdoche

Question 18

After the first spirit disappears, Scrooge...

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sinks into a heavy sleep

Question 19

Who died a young woman and left one child?

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Fan

Question 20

The first spirit's grasp is "as gentle as a woman's hand." This is...

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simile

Question 21

After observing this lonely child, Scrooge is sad because he wishes he had been kinder to...

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the boy singing a Christmas carol by his door

Question 22

As a child, Scrooge...

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was lonely

Question 23

The spirit was "now a thing with one arm, now with one leg, now with twenty legs, now..." is...

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repetition

Question 24

"Ding dong" is an example of...

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onomatopoeia

Question 25

Who comes to bring young Scrooge home?

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his sister

A Christmas Carol, Stave Two Review

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