Generosity

Question 1

‘Covetous old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, to which no steel had ever stuck out generous fire’

Answer 1

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Question 2

‘I don’t make merry myself at Christmas, and I can’t afford to make idle people merry’

Answer 2

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Question 3

‘Hilli-ho!’ Cried old Fezziwig, skipping down from the high desk with wonderful agility. ‘Clear away, my lads and let’s have lots of room here! Hills-ho Dick!’

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Question 4

‘He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome…the happiness he gives is quite as great as if it cost a fortune’

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Question 5

Heaped up on the floor, to form a kind of throne, we’re turkeys, geese, game, poultry… a jolly giant, glorious to see who bore a glowing torch, in shape not unlike plenty’s horn’

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Question 6

‘How the ghost exulted! How it bared its breadth of breast, and opened its capacious palm…outpouring with a generous hand it’s bright and harmless mirth’

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Question 7

‘Ungrateful not to drink his health. Here is a glass of mulled wine….Uncle Scrooge’

‘Mr Scrooge, the founder of the feast’

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Question 8

‘A splendid laugh, a most illustrious laugh. The father of a long, long line of brilliant laughs…quite a baby…‘Hallo!’

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Question 9

‘A merrier Christmas, Bob, my good fellow, than I have given you for many a year! I’ll raise your salary… assist your struggling family’

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