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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the physical appearance of the men and women sharpening weapons in the courtyard?
(a) They wear clean clothes and white wigs.
(b) They are dressed in party wear.
(c) They are covered in blood.
(d) They are dressed in uniforms.

2. Chapter 13 How does Sydney Carton feel when he visits the Manettes?
(a) Grumpy and argumentative
(b) Jovial
(c) Serious and stern
(d) Despondent and morose

3. What does Madame Defarge do when the Governor of the Bastille is killed?
(a) She cuts off his head.
(b) She turns and runs away.
(c) She screams at the sight.
(d) She cheers.

4. What does Defarge tell the grieving man who cries over the child that is killed by Monsieur the Marquis' carriage?
(a) Defarge tells the grieving man that the child is better off dying without pain than living a life full of pain.
(b) Defarge tells the grieving man that he can have other children.
(c) Defarge tells the grieving man that he now has one less mouth to feed.
(d) Defarge tells the grieving man that his child is in heaven now.

5. What is the fate of old Foulon?
(a) He falls into the river and drowns.
(b) He is killed by wild animals in the wilderness.
(c) The crowd stuffs grass in his mouth, pummels him, drags him, stabs him, and hangs him.
(d) He dies of starvation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do men and women gather in the courtyard to sharpen weapons on the grindstone?

2. What does Carton say he would do for Lucie and anyone dear to her?

3. Chapter 21 What is the grief that strikes the Darnay household?

4. What is the common view of Jerry's secret trade?

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

(see the answer key)

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