AQA Paper 1, Section B; Edexcel Paper 2, Section A · The 19th-century novel
A Christmas Carol, Staves 1 and 2: Scrooge and the past
Questions for both boards. · The lesson
Question 11 mark
Complete Scrooge's answer to the charity collectors: "If they would rather die [...] they had better do it, and decrease the ..."
Question 21 mark
Dickens describes Scrooge as "secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster". What does the simile suggest?
Question 31 mark
Dickens calls Scrooge "a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner". What is the main method here?
Question 41 mark
Why does Dickens say that Scrooge "iced his office in the dog-days"?
Question 51 mark
When his nephew Fred invites him to Christmas dinner, what reason does Scrooge throw back at him?
Question 61 mark
Marley's Ghost says "I wear the chain I forged in life". What does the chain stand for?