Near the end of Act I of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, the young Scrooge’s beloved ends their relationship. She tells him, “Have I not seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one, until the master-passion, Gain, engrosses you?” Which statement best explains how this dialogue helps to develop a main conflict in the play? A) It shows that Scrooge has occasionally sacrificed his own goals in order to please others.
B) It shows that Scrooge has generally been uninterested in relationships with others.
C) It shows that Scrooge has allowed his love of money to negatively affect his life.
D) It shows that Scrooge has been rude and unkind throughout his life.

Read the passage. (1) queen victoria of england remained in mourning for several years after the death of her husband, albert. (2) victoria did not like to be seen in public during that time. (3) she remained in seclusion in the palace and let her son, the prince of wales, represent her at most public functions. (4) she eventually returned to public life after prime minister benjamin disraeli persuaded her to do so. (5) upon her return, victoria showed concern for england’s poor and needy, which endeared her to her subjects. which is the most effective way to vary the sentence patterns in the passage? lengthen sentence 5. start sentences with different parts of speech. invert most of the sentences. combine sentences 3 and 4.