ghosts - acc

Question 1

simile to establish that Marley is dead

Answer 1

old Marley was as dead as a door-nail

Question 2

description of Marley

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Marley’s response when Scrooge says he was a good man of business

Answer 3

mankind was my business.

Question 4

Marley’s explanation of this chain

Answer 4

“I wear the chain I forged in life.”

Question 5

description of the Ghost of Christmas Past

Answer 5

from the crown of its head there sprung a bright clear jet of light

Question 6

description of the Ghost of Christmas Present

Answer 6

it was clothed in one simple green robe, or mantle, bordered with white fur… Girded round its middle was an antique scabbard; but no sword was in it, and the ancient sheath was eaten up with rust.

Question 7

description of Ignorance and Want

Answer 7

Yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish

Question 8

the Ghost of Christmas Present’s warning about Ignorance and Want

Answer 8

This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased.

Question 9

description of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

Answer 9

it was shrouded in a deep black garment