quotes

Question 1

How does dickens preset the cratchit’s christmas dinner as small?

Answer 1

‘it was sufficient for the whole family’

‘eked out by apple sauce and mashed potatos

Question 2

How is scrooge presented as stingy in stave 1?

Answer 2

‘he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone’

Question 3

How does dickens elicit sympathy for scrooge in stave 2?

Answer 3

‘a solitary child, neglected by his friends is left there still’

Question 4

What shows scrooge was guilty of his actions after meeting the first ghost and thus can’t even look the second ghost in the eyes due to his guilt?

Answer 4

‘though the spirits eyes were clear and kind, he did not like to meet them’

Question 5

Which quote shows scrooge has learned a valuable lesson and perhaps didn’t realise the error of his ways before, (stave 4)?

Answer 5

‘i am not the man i was, i will not be the man i must’ve been’

Question 6

Which quote shows scrooge did in fact change in stave 5?

Answer 6

‘Scrooge was better than his word, he did it all’

Question 7

How is bob cratchit portrayed as trapped?

Answer 7

‘dismal little cell’ = trapped in a dismal job for scooge

Question 8

Which quote shows bob is humble and grateful?

Answer 8

‘I’ll give you Mr Scrooge, the founder of the feast’

Question 9

What does scrooge say to bob that proves he has changed?

Answer 9

‘I’ll raise your salary, and endeavour to assist your struggling family’

Question 10

How is tiny tim presented as angelic and innocent?

Answer 10

‘Tiny Tim upon his shoulders’

Question 11

Which quote shows us tiny tim was vulnerabe?

Answer 11

‘Bob’s voice was tremulous when he told them this, and trembled more when he said tiny tim was growing strong and hearty’

Question 12

Which quote highlight’s tiny tim’s direct contrast to scrooge?

Answer 12

‘God bless us everyone!’

Question 13

Hows is fred shown as happy and kind?

Answer 13

‘This nephew of scrooge’s, that he was all in a glow, his face was ruddy and handsome; his eyes sparkled’

Question 14

Which quote shows us fred loves and is always laughinglife?

Answer 14

‘Scrooge’s nephew laughed in this way: holding his sides’

Question 15

Which quote shows fred forgiving nature towards scrooge?

Answer 15

‘Let him in! It is a mercy he didn’t shake his arm off’

Question 16

Which quote shows the the ghost of christmas past is about to enlighten scrooge?

Answer 16

“From the crown of its head there sprung a bright clear jet of light, by which all this was visible”

Question 17

How is the ghost of christmas present shown to be welcoming scrooge to learn more about himself?

Answer 17

“Come in! and know me better, man!”

Question 18

Which quote shows the christmas of yet to come is more serious?

Answer 18

“A solemn Phantom, draped and hooded, coming, like a mist along the ground, towards him”
solemn = serious
like a mist = the future isn’t set in stone and scrooge can change it - it offers hope to scrooge

Question 19

How is scrooge described at the beginning?

Answer 19

• ‘Hard and sharp as flint’
• ‘tight-fisted’
• ‘solitary as an oyster’

Question 20

What are connotation and denotations of an oyster?

Answer 20

they rough hard and irregular and tough to get into

some oysters have pearls in them

Question 21

Where does the ghost of christmas past take scrooge

Answer 21

• time at school
• apprentice for fezzewig
• his time with belle

Question 22

What does scrooge say when the ghost of christmas past shows scrooge his past

Answer 22

“no more!” cried scrooge. “no more, i dont wish to see it, show me no more’

Question 23

Where does the ghost of christmas present take scrooge?

Answer 23

to the cratchit houshold to learn more about bob and tim

Question 24

what does scrooge ask the ghost of present and what does he say?

Answer 24

scrooge asks if the boy will live and the ghost replies ‘if he be like to die, he had better do it and decrease the surplus population’ to which scrooge hangs his head in shame

Question 25

What does the ghost of future show scrooge

Answer 25

scrooge’s funeral and how little people will care about his death