How is Scrooge presented in the opening of the novella ?
In very negative terms
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What quote portrays that Scrooge only cares about money ?
“A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, covetous old sinner.”
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What does the quote “A tight-fisted hand at the grindstone” portray how scrooge is viewed?
He is miserly
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What kind of outlook does Scrooge have on the plight of the poor ?
Malthusian
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How is Scrooge’s Malthusian outlook on the poor portrayed ?
“If they would rather die” said Scrooge, “They had better do it, and decrease the surplus population”
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What quote is used to convey that Scrooge is isolated ?
“Secret, and self contained, and solitary as an oyster”
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How is Scrooge viewed after reading “The cold within him froze his old features”, “no wind that blew was betterer than he” ?
As cold-hearted
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What quotes are used to show “that Scrooge refuses the Christmas spirit?
“Humbug!” “Every idiot that goes about with ‘merry Christmas’ on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart”
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What does Fred reply to Scrooge when he refuses to visit his nephew for Christmas ?
“You never came to see me before that (marriage) happened”
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
What quote portrays that Scrooge only cares about money ?
Back
“A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, covetous old sinner.”
Card 3
Front
What does the quote “A tight-fisted hand at the grindstone” portray how scrooge is viewed?
Back
Card 4
Front
What kind of outlook does Scrooge have on the plight of the poor ?
Back
Card 5
Front
How is Scrooge’s Malthusian outlook on the poor portrayed ?
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