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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. What does Darnay tell Doctor Manette about the evidence brought against him in court?
(a) He tells Manette that the conviction is his entire fault.
(b) He tells Manette that Lucie will never forgive him.
(c) He tells Manette that he was a fool to write the letter.
(d) He tells Manette not to feel guilty about it.

2. Where does Miss Pross run across her long lost brother, Solomon?
(a) The La Forge prison
(b) The Good Republican Brutus of Antiquity
(c) Tellson's Bank
(d) At La Guillotine

3. Who denounces Charles Darnay, causing him to be arrested once again?
(a) Jerry Cruncher
(b) Citizen and Citizeness Defarge
(c) The owner of Tellson's Bank
(d) The Vengeance

4. Who does Solomon blame for his secret identity being exposed?
(a) Lucie
(b) His sister, Miss Pross
(c) Doctor Manette
(d) The Vengeance

5. Why do Lucie and Charles not hire a housekeeper?
(a) Little Lucie does all the housekeeping chores.
(b) Lucie enjoys housekeeping.
(c) They prefer to live in seclusion.
(d) They are not rich and they fear domestic spies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carton believe will happen to Charles?

2. What is the matter in which Madame Defarge cannot trust her husband?

3. What is the physical appearance of the men and women sharpening weapons in the courtyard?

4. What is the new mode of address decreed by the patriots?

5. What has the wood-sawyer named his saw?

Short Essay Questions

1. There is a knock on Doctor Manette's door. Who is knocking and what is their purpose?

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

3. An escort is forced upon Charles when he enters France. Where does this escort bring him?

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

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

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

7. Summarize the contents of the note Charles sends to Lucie.

8. Describe the one thing that Monsieur Defarge does not agree with about his wife's thinking.

9. Describe the reaction of the crowd in the courtyard have toward Doctor Manette when he reveals who he is.

10. Describe the result of the encounter between Miss Pross and Madame Defarge.

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