Scrooge Before

Question 1

He was _____ as an ______.

Answer 1

He was solitary as an oyster.

• Isolation

Question 2

He was as ____ and _____ as ______.

Answer 2

He was as hard and sharp as flint.

Question 3

Scrooge: I can’t ______ to make ____ _____ merry.

Answer 3

Scrooge: I can’t afford to make idle people merry.

Greed - Scrooge is saying the poor are lazy.

Question 4

Scrooge: Are there no _____? Are there no ________?

Answer 4

Scrooge: Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?

Question 5

Fred: What right have you to be _______? You’re ______ enough.

Answer 5

Fred: What right have you to be dismal? You’re rich enough.

Question 6

Scrooge: What reason have you to be _____? You’re _____ enough

Answer 6

Scrooge: What reason have you to be merry? You’re poor enough

Question 7

Scrooge: _______ the ________ population.

Answer 7

Scrooge: decrease the surplus population.

Poverty vs Wealth - Malthusian view of the poor
- Scrooge thinks they are a waste of space

Question 8

Marley’s Ghost: I wear the _____ I _______ in life.

Answer 8

Marley’s Ghost: I wear the chain I forged in life.

Supernatural - warning to scrooge.

Question 9

Belle: Another ____ has displaced me. A ____ one.

Answer 9

Belle: Another idol has displaced me. A golden one.

Greed - Scrooge fell in love with money.
- Belle breaks off engagement because he replaced her with material gain.