A Christmas Carol:
Act I
Setting
Scrooge
Marley
Past
Vocab
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Where did Scrooge and Cratchit
work?
counting house
When does the action of
Act I take place?
Christmas Eve
Describe where Scrooge and
Marley work.
Cold. Scrooge has an office
and Cratchit has a small
cubicle.
What is not normal about the
day at the beginning of the
play?
Dark at 3PM
What are the places, in order,
that Past takes Scrooge?
1. Young Scrooge alone at school
2. Fan and young Scrooge at the boarding
house
3. Fezziwig’s party at the warehouse
4. Counting house talking to Lost Love
Why doesn’t Scrooge like
Christmas?
It stops business and so he
makes less money
What 3 things does Scrooge do
immediately after seeing Marley
instead of the door knocker?
Checks the back of the door
knocker
Checks each room, looks under
the sofa and table
Checks the pictures on the wall
Scrooge believes that the
_______ should be in
workhouses and prisons.
destitute
What did Scrooge’s lost love
implore Scrooge to do?
I hope you are studying your vocabulary.
Give up his miserly ways. Not
be so greedy
What does Fred ask Scrooge at
the beginning of the story?
Christmas dinner invite
Who is Marley?
A specter who used to be
Scrooge’s partner at the
counting house
What do we learn about
Scrooge from Marley?
Scrooge is a miser who likes
being alone.
What is the purpose of Marley’s
speech at the beginning of the
play?
To introduce Scrooge to the
audience
Why does Marley wear a chain?
All of his sins. He was greedy
and never left the counting
house.
What is it called when Marley
talks to the audience?
Aside
Describe Scrooge as a boy.
alone
Describe the situation between
Scrooge and the young woman.
She is leaving him because he
loves money more
What does Scrooge want to do
after seeing Fezziwig’s party?
Talk to Cratchit, his clerk
Who was not kind to Scrooge in
his past?
Schoolmaster
father and friends who
neglected him
What does Fred say about
people on Christmas?
They open up their shut-up
hearts
Can you use 5 vocab works in sentences?
Let’s see what you can do with these 5
words.
counting house
Does your answer have
something about financial
records, business letters, or an
office?
If not, you need to add to your
sentence.
liberality
Did you explain in your
sentence what generous act
your subject did?
If not, you need to add to your
sentence.
specter
I hope your subject is a ghost.
If not, you need to change your
sentence.
promissory notes
I hope our sentence involves a
person promising to pay
someone back.
If not, you need to add to your
sentence.
apprentice
Did you mention that the
apprentice in your subject is
learning a trade?
If not, you need to add to your
sentence.