This is a correctly written piece of dialogue. It is both grammatical and conveys meaning which leads us to believe that it is correct.
Mr.Scrooge was extremely Parsimony, hoarding as much money as he can & spending as little as possible
IF you meant Mendicancy...
Tom was so poor, he was titled "mendicancy", by many of the people living in the area
The people that ran the show were very meretricious, pretending that they were who they were acting
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C. and D. should be your answers. If not, its A. and B.
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