1. JEOPARDY A Christmas Carol click here to PLAY
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2. Drama
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3. Usually dynamic characters (protagonist(s))
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4. Main characters
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5. The sequence of related events
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6. Plot
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7. The items on the stage to help create the setting
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8. Scenery
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9. Static characters
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10. Minor characters
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11. Sets the scene and he or she may comment on what happens
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12. Narrator
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13. The city Scrooge lives in
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14. London
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15. Why Scrooge thought people who celebrated Christmas were fools
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16. Christmas didn’t make them any richer, they were a year older, and it did them no good
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17. The man who came to Scrooge were collecting money for whom
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18. The poor and destitute
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19. Debtors and the poor work here
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20. Poorhouses, workhouses, or debtors’ prison
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21. The little girl is holding this
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22. A doll
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23. Excess
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24. Suplus
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25. Unknown person
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26. Anonymous
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27. Generous
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28. Charitable
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29. Money
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30. Currency
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31. Lacking the necessities of life
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32. Destitute
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33. He turns with the key toward the door, and Marley’s face swims out of the darkness. Scrooge watches, unable to speak.
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34. Spooky, creepy, scary, etc.
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35. And Robinson Crusoe sailed around the island, and he thought he had escaped the island… and Robinson Crusoe looked up in a tree and saw the parrot and know he hadn’t escaped…
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36. Sad, lonely, heart-wrenching, isolated, etc.
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37. It’s Christmas Day. I haven’t missed it
It’s Christmas Day! I haven’t missed it! The spirits have done it all in one night. They can do anything they like. Of course they can. Of course they can save Tim.
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38. Relief, happiness, hopeful, etc.
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39. The music continues. Chandeliers are pulled into position, and mistletoe, holly, and ivy are draped over everything by bustling servants… In the midst of the dancing and the gaiety servants pass back and forth through the crowd with huge platters of food.
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40. Exciting, happy, joyful, etc.
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41. I have known him to walk with Tiny Tim upon his shoulder very fast indeed. But he was very light to carry and his father loved him, so that it was no trouble.
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42. Sad, heartbroken, trying to maintain happiness in spite of the loss of a child, etc.
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43. The play begins amid a swirl of street life in Victorian London
The play begins amid a swirl of street life in Victorian London. Happy groups pass; brightly costumed carolers and families call out to one another and sing “Joy to the World”.
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44. This establishes the setting as Victorian England at Christmas time
This establishes the setting as Victorian England at Christmas time. It also reveals the mood in the streets of London.
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45. Cratchit is caught up in a swell of people hurrying through the street
Cratchit is caught up in a swell of people hurrying through the street. Children pull him along to the top of an ice slide, and he runs and slides down it.
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46. This helps establish Cratchit’s character as a loving, family man who enjoys children and the simple pleasures of life.
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47. He [Scrooge] turns with the key toward the door, and Marley’s face swims out of the darkness. Scrooge watches, unable to speak.
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48. This foreshadows the coming of Marley and the other spirits.
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49. Scrooge and the spirits start to step off a curb when a funeral procession enters with a child’s coffin, followed by the poorhouse children, who are singing.
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50. This symbolizes the death of Tiny Tim and possibly Scrooge
This symbolizes the death of Tiny Tim and possibly Scrooge. It also establishes the fate of the poor.
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51. When the spirit signals to the children, they leave the stage, singing the carol quietly. Tiny Tim remains, covered completely by the dark blanket, disappearing into the black.
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52. Tiny Tim will die if his current situation does not change.
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53. Daily Double
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54. Final Jeopardy
Today’s Category: PIE
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55. What is the author’s purpose?
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56. To persuade
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57. A Christmas Carol
JEOPARDY
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58. A Christmas Carol
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59. Drama 2
Plot
Spirits
Characters
Symbolism
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60. Objects the actors use on stage
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61. Props
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62. Instructions for the director, the actors, and the stage crew
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63. Stage directions
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64. Conversation between characters
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65. Dialogue
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66. A story intended to be performed before an audience
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67. Drama
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68. Antagonist(s); provide a sharp contrast to the qualities of the main character
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69. Foils
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70. Marley warned Scrooge about this
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71. Three Spirits would visit
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72. The Spirit of Christmas Past showed Scrooge these three things
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73. Scrooge as a child at boarding school, Fezziwig’s party, and Scrooge’s lost love
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74. The Spirit of Christmas Present showed Scrooge these two things
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75. The Cratchit’s situation including Tiny Tim’s illness and how other see Scrooge
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76. The Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come showed Scrooge these two things
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77. Tiny Tim’s death and Scrooge’s death (including that no one mourns him)
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78. This scene from the play is a flashback
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79. Scene three, The Spirit of Christmas Past
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80. The Spirit of Christmas Past looks like this in the play
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81. The little girl’s doll
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82. The Spirit of Christmas Past symbolizes this
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83. Memory
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84. The Spirit of Christmas Present looks like this in the play
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85. Fezziwig
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86. The Spirit of Christmas Present symbolizes this
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87. Generosity
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88. Marley warns Scrooge this Scrooge’s chain compared to Marley’s is this
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89. Seven years heavier
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90. The protagonist of A Christmas Carol
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91. Ebenezer Scrooge
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92. Fred is one of Scrooge’s foils because of this
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93. Fred chose love over money when Scrooge chose money
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94. This is Mrs. Cratchit’s opinion of Scrooge
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95. Mrs. Cratchit thinks Scrooge is odious, hard, and unfeeling
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96. Scrooge remembers this about his childhood
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97. It was sad and lonely. He was left at boarding school with only his books for company.
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98. Who is Fan?
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99. Scrooge’s sister and Fred’s mother
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100. The little girl symbolizes this
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101. Hope
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102. The leper represents this
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103. Disease, illness, Scrooge’s separation from society
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104. The Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come represents this
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105. Death
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106. Marley’s chain represents this
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107. Greed and wealth
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108. The little girl dressed as Mary represents this
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109. Scrooge’s change of heart
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110. Daily Double
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111. Today’s Category: And the moral of the story is…
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Today’s Category: And the moral of the story is…

112. What is a possible theme of A Christmas Carol?
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113. Real joy comes from doing good to others
Real joy comes from doing good to others. People are more important than money. etc.
(Minus ½ if it’s an incomplete sentence or if it starts with “The theme is…”)
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114. A Christmas Carol
JEOPARDY
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