A Christmas Carol

Question 1

Hard and sharp as flint

Answer 1

characterisation , simile , describing Scrooge

Question 2

solitary as an oyster

Answer 2

characterisation , simile , symbolism , describing Scrooge

Question 3

the cold within him froze his old features

Answer 3

metaphor , pathetic fallacy , describing Scrooge

Question 4

decrease the surplus population

Answer 4

economic language , said by Scrooge

Question 5

Are there no prisons?

Answer 5

rhetorical question , irony , said by Scrooge

Question 6

I can’t afford to make idle people merry

Answer 6

Irony , said by Scrooge

Question 7

though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good

Answer 7

Foil , said by Fred

Question 8

The clerk in the Tank involuntarily applauded

Answer 8

symbolism , contrast , describing Bob

Question 9

You’ll keep your Christmas by losing your situation!

Answer 9

powering dynamics , threatening language , said by Scrooge

Question 10

the fog and darkness thickened so

Answer 10

pathetic fallacy

Question 11

the ancient tower of a church, whose gruff old bell was always peeping slily down

Answer 11

personification , symbolism

Question 12

foggier yet, and colder. Piercing, searching, biting cold

Answer 12

Pathetic fallacy , sensory imagery

Question 13

the chain he drew was clasped about his middle. It was long, and wound about him like a tail

Answer 13

extended metaphor , symbolism

Question 14

the chilling influence of its death-cold eyes

Answer 14

imagery , metaphor , sensory experience , symbolism

Question 15

he was still incredulous, and fought against his senses

Answer 15

symbolism

Question 16

Scrooge fell upon his knees and clasped his hands before his face

Answer 16

physical action , symbolism , contrast

Question 17

I wear the chain I forged in life

Answer 17

extended metaphor , symbolism , said by Marley

Question 18

my spirit never roved beyond … our money-changing hole

Answer 18

characterisation , symbolism , said by Marley

Question 19

face to face with the unearthly visitor

Answer 19

metaphor , symbolism

Question 20

like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man

Answer 20

dual nature/symbolism , paradox

Question 21

it wore a tunic of the purest white

Answer 21

colour symbolism , contrast

Question 22

it was a large house, but one of broken fortunes

Answer 22

juxtaposition , symbolism , metaphor

Question 23

a lonely boy was reading near a feeble fire

Answer 23

symbolism , characterisation , evoking sympathy (pathos)

Question 24

wept to see his poor forgotten self as he used to be

Answer 24

contrast , tears

Question 25

Father is so much kinder than he used to be

Answer 25

emotional connection , said by little Fan

Question 26

We're to be together all the Christmas long

Answer 26

Setting , symbolism , said by little Fan

Question 27

You are quite a woman, little Fan!

Answer 27

symbolism , contrast , said by Scrooge

Question 28

they shone ... like moons

Answer 28

foil to Scrooge , simile , light imagery

Question 29

shaking hands with every person individually

Answer 29

symbolism

Question 30

Scrooge had acted like a man out of his wits

Answer 30

hyperbole , imagery

Question 31

What Idol has displaced you? ... A golden one

Answer 31

metaphor , said by Belle

Question 32

Our contract is an old one

Answer 32

metaphor , economic language , dual interpretation , said by Belle

Question 33

You are changed

Answer 33

direct address , said by Belle

Question 34

Come in! And know me better man!

Answer 34

direct address , symbolism , said by The Ghost of Christmas Present

Question 35

clothed in one simple green robe

Answer 35

colour symbolism , contrast

Question 36

its sparkling eye, its open hand, its cheery voice

Answer 36

personification , symbolism , contrast

Question 37

you might have thought a goose the rarest of all birds

Answer 37

irony , hyperbole

Question 38

a small pudding for a large family

Answer 38

juxtaposition , symbolism

Question 39

it would have been flat heresy to do so

Answer 39

hyperbole

Question 40

As good as gold said Bob

Answer 40

simile , characterisation , contrast , said by Bob

Question 41

remember upon Christmas Day who made lame beggars walk and blind men see

Answer 41

religious symbolism , irony , said by Tiny Tim

Question 42

Bob's voice was tremulous

Answer 42

characterisation , sound imagery , tone

Question 43

This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both.

Answer 43

symbolism , personification , foreshadowing , said by The Ghost of Christmas present

Question 44

where angels might have sat enthroned, devils lurked

Answer 44

religious imagery , contrast

Question 45

They are Man's

Answer 45

personification , direct address , said by The Ghost of Christmas Present

Question 46

slowly, gravely, silently approached

Answer 46

triple emphasis , adverbs , symbolism

Question 47

shrouded in a deep black garment

Answer 47

symbolism , personification , tone

Question 48

his legs trembled beneath him

Answer 48

physical response , tone

Question 49

I'm quite a baby

Answer 49

symbolism , metaphor , tone , said by Scrooge

Question 50

I am about to raise your salary!

Answer 50

dialogue , characterisation , symbolism , said by Scrooge

Question 51

and to Tiny Tim, who did not die, he was a second father

Answer 51

symbolism , character development