Quotes

Question 1

‘________ as an oyster’

Answer 1

‘solitary as an oyster’

Question 2

‘shr________’

Answer 2

‘shrivelled’

Question 3

Before seeing Ghosts Scrooge has a ‘_____ voice’

Answer 3

‘grating voice’

Question 4

‘a kind,________, ________, ________ time’

Answer 4

‘a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time’

Question 5

‘____ people’

Answer 5

‘idle people’

Question 6

‘decrease the _____ populations’

Answer 6

‘decrease the surplus populations’

Question 7

‘________ is ________ and Scrooge liked it’

Answer 7

‘darkness is cheap and Scrooge liked it’

Question 8

‘Little of what is called ________ about him’

Answer 8

‘Little of what is called fancy about him’

Question 9

‘More of ___ ___ ___ ___ about you’

Answer 9

‘More of gravy than of grave about you’

Question 10

‘doomed to ___ ___ ___ ___’

Answer 10

‘doomed to wonder through the world’

Question 11

‘___ within’

Answer 11

‘cold within’

Question 12

‘___ ___ at the grindstone’

Answer 12

‘tight-fisted hand at the grindstone’

Question 13

‘Scrooge had a ___ ___ ___’ vs ‘he [Fred] was all ___… his eyes ___… his breath ___’

Answer 13

‘Scrooge had a very small fire’ vs ‘he [Fred] was all aglow… his eyes sparkled… his breath smoked’

Question 14

‘___, ___, ___ of light’

Answer 14

‘bright, clear jet of light’

Question 15

‘_____ influence’ vs ‘___ and ___ as flint’

Answer 15

‘softening influence’ vs ‘hard and sharp as flint’

Question 16

Father is ‘___ ___’ foreshadowing

Answer 16

Father is ‘much kinder than he used to be, he’s home like Heaven!’ foreshadowing

Question 17

Scrooge becomes a ‘___ ___’ to Tiny Tim

Answer 17

‘second father’

Question 18

Christmas should be ‘___’ for his transformation

Answer 18

Christmas should be ‘praised’ for his transformation

Question 19

‘as ___ as a ___’ ‘as ___ as an ___ ‘as ___ as a ___’ ‘as ___ as a ___ ___’

Answer 19

‘as light as a feather’ ‘as happy as an angel ‘as merry as a schoolboy’ ‘as giddy as a drunken man’

Question 20

‘quite a ___’

Answer 20

‘quite a baby’

Question 21

‘___, cold, rigid, ___ death’

Answer 21

‘cold, cold, rigid, dreadful death’

Question 22

‘Spirit of Tiny Tim, thy ___ ___ was from God’

Answer 22

‘Spirit of Tiny Tim, thy childish essence was from God’

Question 23

‘I am ___ ___ for it’ repetition

Answer 23

‘I am heartily sorry for it’ repetition

Question 24

‘___ and ___; un___, un___, un___ for’

Answer 24

‘plundered and bereft; unwatched, unwept, uncared for’

Question 25

‘a ___ was ___ at the door’

Answer 25

‘a cat was tearing at the door’

Question 26

Tiny Tim will be buried somewhere ‘______’

Answer 26

Tiny Tim will be buried somewhere ‘green’

Question 27

‘horror’ ‘___ ___’

Answer 27

‘horror’ ‘solemn dread’

Question 28

‘in a last ___’ | 'It ___, ___, and ___'

Answer 28

‘in a last prayer’ | 'It shrunk, collapsed, and dwindled'

Question 29

‘___ voices’ ‘thousand ___’

Answer 29

‘cheerful voices’ ‘thousand odours’

Question 30

Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come is ‘___’

Answer 30

Ghost is ‘silent’

Question 31

Long list of food and luxuries; symbolism of ______

Answer 31

Long list of food and luxuries; symbolism of abundance

Question 32

‘___ Giant’

Answer 32

‘jolly Giant’

Question 33

‘___ robe’

Answer 33

‘green robe’

Question 34

‘a ______ meal for the whole family’

Answer 34

‘a sufficient meal for the whole family’

Question 35

‘The ___ of the ___’

Answer 35

‘The Founder of the Feast’

Question 36

‘are there no ___? Are there no ___’

Answer 36

‘are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses’

Question 37

‘___ ___ ___ ___’ repeated by Ghost in context of Tiny Tim death

Answer 37

‘decrease the surplus population’ repeated by Ghost in context of Tiny Tim death

Question 38

After seeing Ghosts Scrooge has a ‘___ voice’

Answer 38

‘broken voice’

Question 39

‘signs of ___ and ___’ obsession with money has aged him, stealing his ‘___ of life’

Answer 39

‘signs of care and avarice’ obsession with money has aged him, stealing his ‘prime of life’

Question 40

'cash-_____, keys, ______, _______, ______ ___ _____ _______'

Answer 40

'cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds and heavy purses'

Question 41

Tries to say '_____' after _____ ____ but cant

Answer 41

Tries to say 'humbug' after Marley's visit but cant

Question 42

'His ______ ______'

Answer 42

'His colour changed'

Question 43

'______ and ______ as ______'

Answer 43

'Hard and sharp as flint'

Question 44

'______ hand at the ______'

Answer 44

'Tight-fisted hand at the grindstone'

Question 45

'No wind blew that was ______ than he'

Answer 45

'No wind blew that was bitterer than he'

Question 46

'I wear ___ ______ ______ ______ __ ______'

Answer 46

'I wear the chain I forged in life'

Question 47

'______ had ______ to __ about it'

Answer 47

'Everybody had something to say about it'

Question 48

(___) 'His _____ is of no use to him. He don't do any ____ with it'

Answer 48

(Fred) 'His wealth is of no use to him. He don't do any good with it'

Question 49

'second ______'

Answer 49

'second father'

Question 50

'Running to the window... no ____, no ____; ____, ____, ____, _____'

Answer 50

'Running to the window... no fog, no mist; clear, bright, jovial, stirring'

Question 51

What scrooge is (biblical)

Answer 51

sinner of omission

Question 52

BIBLE | 'It is much ____ for a ____ ____ to enter the ____ of ____ than for a ____ to go through the ____ of a ____'

Answer 52

'It is much harder for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle'

Question 53

'comfortable, ____, ____, ____, ____ ____'

Answer 53

'comfortable, oily, rich, fat, jovial voice'

Question 54

Cratchits description of Tiny Tim's grave | '____ ____'

Answer 54

Cratchits description of Tiny Tim's grave | 'green place'

Question 55

'a ____ ____ in a ____, round which a ____ ... were gathered: ____ their ____ ... before the ____ in ____'

Answer 55

'a great fire in a brazier, round which a party ... were gathered: warming their hands ... before the blaze in rapture'

Question 56

"They are ____"

Answer 56

"They are Man's"

Question 57

'free as its ____ ____, its ____ eye, its ____ hand, its ____ voice, its ____ demeanour, and its ____ air'

Answer 57

'free as its genial face, its sparkling eye, its open hand, its cheery voice, its unconstrained demeanour, and its joyful air'