Who Was Scrooge's Reply To Him

Stave One (Marley’s Ghost):

1. Who was Marley? What was his condition at the beginning of the story?

Jacob Marley was Scrooge’s business partner. He was “dead as a doornail.”

2. What is the setting of the story?

The setting is Victorian England (London, England) in 1843 (19th Century)

3. One of Scrooge’s relatives visited him at his warehouse. Who was it and what did he want? What was Scrooge’s reply?

Fred, Scrooge’s nephew (Scrooge’s sister’ son) visited him. He invites Scrooge to Christmas dinner with his wife and friends. Scrooge replies, “Good afternoon!”; “Bah! Humbug!”; “I live in a world of fools.”; What reason have you to be merry? You’re poor enough.”

4. What did the other men who came to the warehouse want? What was Scrooge’s reply to them?

They were looking for a donation for the poor and destitute, who suffer all year BUT especially at Christmas time.

Scrooge replies, “Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?”; “I wish to be left alone.” ; “I don’t make myself merry at Christmas, and I can’t afford to make idle people merry.” ; “They should just die then to decrease the surplus population.”

5. What did Scrooge say about giving his clerk a day off to celebrate Christmas?

He said, “It’s not convenient.”; “It’s not fair.” ; “Be here all the earlier next

morning.”

6. What happened to the door knocker when Scrooge was opening his door?
It looked like/became the FACE of Jacob Marley (Marley died 7 years ago, on Christmas Eve).

7. Who appeared to Scrooge? What did he tell Scrooge?
The ghost of Jacob Marley appeared to Scrooge. He told Scrooge that he better change his ways or else he will be doomed to walk the earth bearing the chains that symbolize the choices he made in life (he valued money more than people) and your chain was as long as mine 7 years ago and has been growing longer and heavier ever since. You have a chance tonight to escape my fate.

8. The visitor told Scrooge about some other visitors who would be coming. Who were they? When would they come?
Marley tells Scrooge that three more spirits will visit him and that he MUST heed their warnings. Marley also tells Scrooge that he CANNOT change his fate without these visits.

9. What did Scrooge do after his visitor left?
He fell asleep. BUT before that, he looked out his window and saw the sky filled with other phantoms, like Marley, wearing chains and looking miserable.

Stave Two (The First of the Three Spirits):
1. What did Scrooge notice about the church chimes when he woke up? What did he think happened?
He heard the chimes strike the hour of twelve and believed that the clock was wrong because he couldn’t have slept that long (Marley left him at 2 o’clock in the morning and he can’t believe that he slept all night, all day, and well into the next night). *Keep in mind this is the supernatural element operating here. Time in the supernatural world is different than time in the mortal world.

2. Describe what the spirit looks like.
The first spirit is a strange figure: it looks like a child, yet it also resembles an old man. It is very small, with childlike facial features, but has white hair (from age) that hangs down its back.

3. Who was the first spirit?
The first spirit was the Ghost of Christmas Past.