A Christmas Carol Quotes

Question 1

‘a solitary…’

Answer 1

‘a solitary child neglected by his friends, is left there still’ Scrooge said he knew. And he sobbed’

Question 2

‘Are there…’

Answer 2

‘Are there no prisons?… The Treadmill and The Poor Law are in full vigour then?

Question 3

‘Darkness was…’

Answer 3

‘Darkness was cheap and Scrooge liked it’

Question 4

‘I dont make…’

Answer 4

‘I don’t make merry myself at christmas, I cant afford to make the idle poor merry’

Question 5

‘Another idol has…’

Answer 5

’ Another idol has displaced me… a golden one’

Question 6

‘If they would…’

Answer 6

‘If they would rather die, they better do it and decrease the surplus population’

Question 7

‘who feels…’

Answer 7

‘who feels emotion caused by this man’s death’
‘a weeks delay’

Question 8

'’a great…’

Answer 8

‘a great many back-payments are included in it, I assure you.’

Question 9

‘I am as light…’

Answer 9

‘I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel. I am as merry as a schoolboy. I am as giddy as a drunken man’

Question 10

‘I will honour…’

Answer 10

‘I will honour christmas in my heart and try to keep it all year’

Question 11

‘God bless…’

Answer 11

‘God bless us everyone!’
- Tiny Tim

Question 12

‘And how did…’

Answer 12

‘And how did little Tim behave… As good as gold’

Question 13

‘Merry christmas…’

Answer 13

‘Merry christmas to us all, my dears…'’God bless us everyone!’

Question 14

‘They were a boy…’

Answer 14

‘They were a boy and a girl. Yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish…’

Question 15

‘Spirit…’

Answer 15

‘Spirit, are they yours?’…‘They are Man’s’

Question 16

‘He became as good…’

Answer 16

‘He became as good a friend, as good a master, as good a man’

Question 17

‘what reason…’

Answer 17

‘what reason of you to be merry you’re poor enough’

Question 18

‘what’s christmas…’

Answer 18

‘what’s christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money; a time for finding yourself a year older but not a penny richer’

Question 19

‘my little…’

Answer 19

‘my little, little child!’ cried Bob ‘my little child!’

Question 20

‘At Bob…’

Answer 20

‘At Bob Cratchit’s elbow stood the family display of glass; two tumblers; a custard-cup without a handle’

Question 21

‘a tight-fisted…’

Answer 21

‘a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone’

Question 22

‘a covetous…’

Answer 22

‘a covetous old sinner as hard and sharp as a flint’

Question 23

‘no warmth…’

Answer 23

‘no warmth could warm and no wintery weather chill’

Question 24

‘dismal…’

Answer 24

‘dismal little cell’

Question 25

‘It was shrouded…’

Answer 25

‘It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form and left nothing visible’

Question 26

‘Scrooge feared…’

Answer 26

‘Scrooge feared the silent shape so much that his legs trembled beneath him’

Question 27

‘But you…’

Answer 27

‘But you were always a good man of business… Mankind was my business’

Question 28

‘A jolly…’

Answer 28

‘A jolly giant who bore a glowing torch with a cheery voice and a joyful air’

Question 29

‘Spirit hear me…’

Answer 29

‘Spirit hear me, I am not the man I was’

Question 30

‘This boy…’

Answer 30

‘This boy is ignorance and this girl is want. Beware them both…’

Question 31

‘kind…’

Answer 31

‘kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time’

Question 32

Your lip…’

Answer 32

‘Your lip is trembling and what is that upon your cheek’

Question 33

‘Its I…’

Answer 33

‘Its I. Your uncle Scrooge. I have come to dinner. Will you let me in, Fred?’

Question 34

‘I wish…’

Answer 34

‘I wish… but it’s too late now… There was a boy singing a christmas carol at my door last night. I should like to have given him something, that’s all’

Question 35

‘I have seen…’

Answer 35

‘I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one, until the master passion, Gain, engrosses you’

Question 36

‘I want nothing…’

Answer 36

‘I want nothing from you; I ask nothing of you; why cannot we be friends’

Question 37

‘It was a strange…’

Answer 37

‘It was a strange figure- like a child yet not so like a child as like an old man’

Question 38

‘A churchyard…’

Answer 38

‘A churchyard overrun by weeds, the growth of vegetation’s death not life- a worthy place!’

Question 39

‘If these shadows…’

Answer 39

‘If these shadows remain unaltered by the future, the child shall die’

Question 40

‘a merry…’

Answer 40

‘a merry christmas to you uncle! god save you!’

Question 41

‘Every idiot…’

Answer 41

‘Every idiot who goes about with ‘merry christmas’ on his lips should be boiled in his own pudding and burried with a stake on holly through his heart!’

Question 42

‘Father is…’

Answer 42

‘Father is so much kinder than he used to be, that home’s like heaven!’

Question 43

‘in the dark…’

Answer 43

‘in the dark house, with not a man, a woman , or a child, to say that he was kind.’

Question 44

‘what reason…’

Answer 44

‘what reason have you to be dismal? what reason have you to be morose, you’re rich enough’