Setting Quotes

Question 1

Chapter 1 quotes

Answer 1

• “A certain sinister block of building thrust forward its gable on the street.”
• “The street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood, like a fire in a forest.”
• “The door, which was equipped with neither bell nor knocker, was blistered and distained.”
• “It was two storeys high; showed no window, nothing but a door on the lower storey.”

Question 2

Chapter 2 quotes

Answer 2

• “It was a fine dry night; frost in the air; the streets as clean as a ballroom floor.”
• “In spite of the low growl of London from all around, very silent.”
• “The fog rolled in.”
• “The glow of hot autumn afternoons on hillside vineyards, was ready to be set free and to disperse the fogs of London.”

Question 3

Chapter 4 quotes

Answer 3

• “A great chocolate-coloured pall lowered over heaven.”
• “The early part of the night was cloudless, and the lane was brilliantly lit by the full moon.”
• “The lamps, unshaken by any wind, drawing a regular pattern of light and shadow.”
• “The fog slept on the wing above the drowned city.”

Question 4

Cbapter 5 quotes

Answer 4

• “The fog still slept on the wing above the drowned city, where the lamps glimmered like carbuncles.”
• “The dingy, windowless structure with curiosity.”
• “The quietest room, you would have said, and but for the glazed presses full of chemicals, the most commonplace that night in London.”

Question 5

Chapter 7 quotes

Answer 5

• “The court was very cool and a little damp, and full of premature twilight”
• “The middle of three windows was half-way open.”
• “A great air of wealth and comfort, though it was now plunged in darkness.”