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Read these lines: "It matters little, she said, softly. To you, very little. Another idol has displaced me; and if it can cheer and comfort you in time to come, as I would have tried to do, I have no just cause to grieve. What Idol has displaced you? he rejoined. A golden one." What does the golden idol stand for?
AA rival she believes he has begun to court
BA statue he had lately bought for the house
CThe church where the two were to be married
DThe love of money that has taken her place
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. The love of money that has taken her place
1. An idol is something worshipped in place of what should be loved.
2. She says this idol has displaced her, so it now holds the place she once held.
3. When he asks which idol, the single word golden answers him.
4. Gold stands for money, so the thing that has replaced her is the love of wealth, option D.
5. A rival woman would be named as a person rather than as an idol of gold, which rules out the first choice.
_Source: Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol (1843), Stave II The First of the Three Spirits_
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