A Christmas Carol Quotes

Question 1

Give three quotes from Scrooge

Answer 1

‘Solitary as an oyster’
‘decrease the surplus population’
‘Another idol has displaced me’
‘Merry Christmas everybody!’

Question 2

Give three quotes from Fred

Answer 2

‘Uncle, I want nothing from you; I ask nothing of you, why can’t we be friends?’
“I couldn’t be angry with him if I tried’
‘Give him the same chance every year. I pity him.’
‘Let him in!’

Question 3

Give three quotes from Bob Crachit

Answer 3

‘The clerk’s fire was so much smaller’
‘tried to warm himself at the candle’
‘Mr Scrooge, the founder of the feast!’
‘My little, little child!’

Question 4

Give three quotes from Crachit Family

Answer 4

‘Tiny Tim rode upon his shoulder’
‘Brave in ribbons’
‘Oh, what a wonderful pudding!’
‘I think he’s walked a little slower than he used to’
Said of Scrooge: ‘a second father’ (to TT)

Question 5

Give three quotes from the Ghost Of Christmas Past

Answer 5

‘Crown of its head there sprung a clear jet of light’
‘the purest white’
‘Like a child’
‘So soon put out, with worldly hands, the light I give?’
‘Your reclamation, your welfare’
‘Relentless Ghost pinioned him’ & ‘forced him to observe’
‘Remove me from this place.’

Question 6

Give three quotes from the Ghost of Christmas Present

Answer 6

‘Leaves of holly, mistletoe and ivy’ and ‘open hand’
‘Antique scabbard but no sword’
‘Glowing torch not unlike Plenty’s horn’
‘Let me profit from it.’
‘This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both.’
‘I see a vacant seat. The child will die.’
‘he better do it quick to decrease the surplus population.’

Question 7

Give three quotes from the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come

Answer 7

’Shrouded in a deep black garment’
‘silent shape’
‘I fear you more than any spectre I have seen’ BUT ‘I am prepared to bear you company’
‘I will honour Christmas in my heart’