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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who makes up the Tribunal?
(a) Five judges and a jury
(b) One judge and a jury
(c) Five judges, public prosecutor, and a jury
(d) Three judges and a public prosecutor

2. What is in the note Defarge brings to Mr. Lorry from Doctor Manette?
(a) The doctor says that Charles is ill.
(b) The doctor says that Charles has escaped.
(c) The doctor says that he has been captured.
(d) The doctor says that Charles is safe.

3. What is Lucie's reaction when she is finally pulled away from Charles?
(a) She faints.
(b) She pulls her hair hysterically.
(c) She screams.
(d) She scratches at her eyes.

4. What becomes of the King of France in this new era of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, and Death?
(a) The king is exile.
(b) The king escapes to England for safety.
(c) The king is tried, doomed, and beheaded.
(d) The king is imprisoned for life.

5. What does Carton believe will happen to Charles?
(a) He will escape.
(b) He will talk his way out of his situation.
(c) He will perish.
(d) He will commit suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the audience yell out as Darnay's name is called?

2. What does Madame Defarge find when she reaches her destination?

3. What disguise are the two men turning the grindstone wearing?

4. What does Mr. Lorry tell Lucie before he leaves her lodging?

5. What is bothering Lorry about providing shelter for Lucie at Tellson's Bank?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Little Lucie remembers about Sydney Carton years later.

2. How does Doctor Manette manage to communicate messages between Charles and Lucie?

3. Summarize the thoughts of the people on the night after Carton's execution.

4. How does Carton help the seamstress who is being executed before him?

5. Describe how the patriots of France look upon Charles Darnay.

6. Summarize the description Carton gives of Mr. Lorry and how people will feel about him when he is gone.

7. Describe how La Guillotine is used as a symbol of the patriots.

8. Explain why Mr. Lorry is horrified to look out the window of Tellson's Bank.

9. Describe who makes up the Tribunal of Charles' trial.

10. Describe why Madame Defarge goes to visit Lucie.

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