Subject: “A CHRISTMAS CAROL” — NO. 2
(e.g., Who was the second of the three spirits foretold? Answer: Ghost of Christmas Present.)
Freshman Level
1. What were the first words spoken by the spirit?
2. They visited the Cratchit family’s house. What was the crippled son’s name?
3. The older boy was referred to as Master ____.
Graduate Level
4. Name either of the two Cratchit daughters.
5. What was the main course for dinner and what was the dessert?
6. Name a nonurban site where Scrooge was next taken by the spirit.
Ph.D. Level
7. They visited Scrooge’s nephew’s house. What was the nephew’s name?
8. What were the names of the two emaciated children shown to Scrooge?
9. Whose children were they?
Answers:
1. “Come in! Come in! And know me better, man!”
2. Tiny Tim.
3. Peter Cratchit.
4. Belinda and Martha.
5. Goose and pudding.
6. A miner’s hut, a lighthouse, a ship.
7. Fred.
8. Ignorance and Want.
9. Man’s (“They are Man’s”).
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