ACC Nov mocks

Question 1

R- 1

Answer 1

• “The clerk’s fire… looked like one coal”
• “The clerk… was warmer than Scrooge”
  -“I can’t afford to make idle people merry”
• “Though it has never put … gold or silver in my pocket, I believe it has done me good”
• “I wear the chain I forged in life”

Question 2

R-2

Answer 2

• “a special desire… begged him to be covered”
• ” I should like to have given him something”
• “Another idol has displaced me”
• “show me no more” / “he could not hide the light”
• “the happiness he gives… as if it cost a fortune”

Question 3

R-3

Answer 3

• “he obeyed”
• “Tonight, if you have aught to teach me, let me profit by it”
• “he had better do it… overcome with penitence and grief”
• “he softened more and more”
• “Scrooge started back, appalled”
• “Have they no refuge or resource” – “are there no prisons?”

Question 4

R-4

Answer 4

• “I hope to live to be another man… and to do it with a thankful heart”
• “old Scratch”
• “He’d have had somebody to look after him… instead of lying… alone”
• “Scrooge listened to this dialogue in horror”
• “I am not the man I was”
• “Any person in the town who feels emotion” / “Thankful in her soul” / “The only emotion… was one of pleasure”

Question 5

R-5

Answer 5

• “Everything could yield him pleasure”
• “I am about to raise your salary!”
• “Make up the fires”
• “I am as light as a feather… as happy as an angel… as merry as a school boy”
• “No fog, no mist”
• “I’ll give you a shilling… I’ll give you half a crown”

Question 6

CS-1

Answer 6

• “A merry Christmas, uncle! God save you!”
• “Come! Dine with us tomorrow”
• “The clerk… was warmer than Scrooge”
• “And then ran home… as hard as he could”
• “as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time”

Question 7

CS-2

Answer 7

• “We’re to be together all the Christmas long, and have the merriest time”
• “rich, fat, jovial voice”
• “skipping down from the high desk” – “dismounted from his stool”
• “shaking hands with every person”
• “The happiness he gives… as if it cost a fortune”

Question 8

CS-3

Answer 8

• “laughing heartily if it went right, and not less heartily if it went wrong”
• “rejoiced to find himself so gallantly attired”
• “one murmur of delight arose”
• “They were not a handsome family… but they were happy, grateful, pleased with one another”
• “cheerful company”
• “it is good to be children sometimes” / “he begged like a boy to be allowed to stay”

Question 9

CS-5

Answer 9

• “Everything could yield him pleasure”
• “I am as light as a feather… as happy as an angel… as merry as a school boy”
• “Let him in! It is a mercy he didn’t shake his arm off”
• “A merrier Christmas, Bob… than I have given you for many a year”
• “Scrooge regarded everyone with a delightful smile”

Question 10

r1
- “The clerk’s fire… looked like one coal”

Answer 10

• Scrooge has given Bob very little, showing him to be avaricious in desperation to save money
• By stave 5, Scrooge says to Bob “make up the fires!” which shows redemption, so here Dickens may have wanted to emphasises Scrooge’s later change as he starts by giving him little
• Scrooge gives Bob the bare minimum, despite the “piercing, searching, biting cold”

Question 11

r1
- “The clerk… was warmer than Scrooge”

Answer 11

• Shows how Scrooge is cold and uncaring, as even though Scrooge may be warmer physically, Bob is warmer inside due to his good will and Christmas spirit
• Could suggest a contentment that Bob has

Question 12

r1
-“I can’t afford to make idle people merry”

Answer 12

• Malthusian beliefs- Scrooge believes that the poor should die to “decrease the surplus population”
• Miserly- he has tons of money but does not spend it on “idle” people
• doesn’t see the fact that the poor cannot help their situation

Question 13

r1
- “Though it has never put … gold or silver in my pocket, I believe it has done me good”

Answer 13

• Fred is a foil to Scrooge here, as he enjoys Christmas even though he may be poorer
• Creating such a contrast from the start, Dickens displays the large difference between people like Scrooge and those like Fred, making a reader wonder who they’re more like, and whether they ought to change their ways

Question 14

r1
- “I wear the chain I forged in life”

Answer 14

• Spoken by Marley’s ghost, who uses his “chains” and supernatural abilities to haunt Scrooge, warning him that he must change.

Question 15

cs1
- “A merry Christmas, uncle! God save you!”

Answer 15

• Fred is cheerful and warm as he greets his uncle warmly
• “uncle” shows Fred sees the importance in familial connections, especially at Christmas
• He is full of good will, happiness and love for Scrooge

Question 16

cs1
- “Come! Dine with us tomorrow”

Answer 16

• Inviting and jovial tone, shows how nice he is
• He clearly loves his uncle despite the way he’s treated and is continuously told “good day”

Question 17

cs1
- “The clerk… was warmer than Scrooge”

Answer 17

• Bob is filled with warmth and Christmas spirit, meaning he may not physically be warmer but definitely is inside as he sees the good in small things, like his family rather than material wealth

Question 18

cs1
- “And then ran home… as hard as he could”

Answer 18

• Suggests a childlike joy for Christmas time, even in the “piercing, searching, biting cold” and his poverty, Bob still has a happiness for Christmas and his excitement is demonstrated here

Question 19

cs1
- “as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time”

Answer 19

• We see the way Fred views Christmas, and it contrasts Scrooge’s.
• Fred fully embraces the Christmas spirit. He refers to it as a time which brings out the best in people, and hopes that Scrooge will see it in that way too

Question 20

r2
- “a special desire… begged him to be covered”

Answer 20

• Scrooge is desperate to cover the spirit’s light and therefore the truth, suggesting an unwillingness to be redeemed
• “special” desire suggests its unusual and slightly strange, demonstrating that Scrooge is different and doesn’t want to be redeemed

Question 21

r2
- “ I should like to have given him something”

Answer 21

• though seeing hid past, Scrooge begins to have empathy towards others, especially youth
• beginning to show change and redemption- stave 1 scrooge would never had shared his money, not even to the boy singing carols or the charity collectors

Question 22

r2
- “Another idol has displaced me”

Answer 22

• “Another” – suggests this has happened before
• The “master passion” has overtaken Scrooge’s life, so much so that he cared for money more than his own partner
• contrasts Fezziwig, whose happiness “cost a fortune” – idea of the juxtaposition between money and happiness shows who puts what first, and the effects it has

Question 23

r2
- “show me no more” / “he could not hide the light”

Answer 23

• Upon seeing Belle break up with him and her new family, Scrooge can no longer deal with the light (representative of the truth)
• Despite Scrooge’s efforts, he couldn’t “hide” or escape his memories and the fact they’ve influenced his current character
• The light being inescapable may warn an audience that God can see and knows everything, persuading them to change as they can be good and go to Heaven.

Question 24

r2
- “the happiness he gives… as if it cost a fortune”

Answer 24

• Huge contrast between Scrooge’s miserly ways and Fezziwig’s generosity
• Significance of Scrooge speaking the line – he sees the happiness that can come from people rather than money, and compares it to “a fortune” to show the magnitude of the happiness others can bring

Question 25

cs2
- “shaking hands with every person”

Answer 25

• “every” – inclusivity, making sure everyone feels welcome
• Shows a genuine love for everyone through contact
• everyone treated the same, no matter their status – Dickens represents what employment should be like

Question 26

cs2
- “skipping down from the high desk” – “dismounted from his stool”

Answer 26

• “skipping” suggests a jovial generosity and warmth, whereas “dismounted” suggests a monotonous, dull life and almost sadness
• The juxtaposition of “high desk” and “stool” could symbolise that Fezziwig is in a higher position than Scrooge- as he is jovial, kind and generous, showing he is full of the Christmas spirit, but Scrooge is lacking kindness and generosity, as he has a lower level of spirit

Question 27

cs2
- “The happiness he gives… as if it cost a fortune”

Answer 27

• Comparing happiness to a large sum of material wealth, Dickens shows the importance of the Christmas spirit through its immense value
• • Significance of Scrooge speaking the line – he sees the happiness that can come from people rather than money, and compares it to “a fortune” to show the magnitude of the happiness others can bring