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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Spirit's response to the question of whether these are the things that will surely come to pass?

2. Before his second visitor, how does Scrooge wake himself?

3. What is the name of the third Spirit?

4. In the cemetery, what part of the Spirit shrinks and collapses?

5. What is the name of the boy who grasps at the Spirit's robe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Scrooge see approaching him as the second Spirit leaves him and how does he react?

2. How are the Cratchit family responding to the death of Tiny Tim?

3. What is Scrooge's response to the things that he sees in the cemetery?

4. What is striking about the appearance of the third spirit?

5. What toast does Bob Cratchit give to Scrooge, and how does his family respond?

6. How does Scrooge react to the arrival of the third Spirit?

7. How does Scrooge react to the music and the games of Fred's Christmas party?

8. What is Fred's opinion of his uncle Scrooge?

9. What is the state of Tiny Tim?

10. What is the Spirit's response to Scrooge's question regarding help for the two children?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

With the first visitor, Scrooge is forced to relive the memories of his childhood.

Part 1.) Describe one of the memories that Scrooge relived.

Part 2.) Explain the significance of that event in shaping that man that Scrooge became.

Part 3.) Describe how you believe reliving this event prompted the change in Scrooge's character at the end of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

There were three spirits that came to visit Scrooge. Describe the first spirit and what he symbolized. What did he take Scrooge to see? How did his visit affect the change in Scrooge's character?

Essay Topic 3

Is this novel a comedy, or a tragedy? How does humor work throughout the novel? How does emotion? Which of the two seems to be a stronger force throughout the novel? Finally, do you think that the tone of the novel worked for the themes? Why or why not?

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