A narrator calls a stingy man "a real Scrooge." This is an allusion to
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. a character in Dickens's A Christmas Carol who is known for miserliness
- Step 1: Scrooge is the miserly central figure of A Christmas Carol. Step 2. An allusion refers briefly to such a figure. Answer: Scrooge from A Christmas Carol. Why not the others: The other characters are not known as the standard symbol of stinginess.
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