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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Madame Defarge carry inside her coat as she walks through the streets of Paris?
(a) A flag of the Republic
(b) A pistol and a dagger
(c) Her knitting
(d) A vile of poison

2. What is Mr. Lorry grateful for as he sits in Tellson's Bank in Paris?
(a) He is grateful that he still has a job.
(b) He is grateful that he is leaving Paris.
(c) He is grateful that he has not been taken prisoner.
(d) He is grateful that none of his loved ones are in Paris.

3. Why is Doctor Manette sure that there will be no more shoemaking or North Tower for him ever again?
(a) He moves away from Paris.
(b) He keeps his promise to Lucie.
(c) He finds a new career.
(d) The North Tower and his shoemaking tools are destroyed.

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

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

6. Who are the three witnesses against Charles Darnay at his trial?
(a) Monsieur Defarge, Madame Defarge, and The Vengeance
(b) Monsieur Defarge, Madame Defarge, and Doctor Manette
(c) Monsieur Defarge, Solomon, and The Vengeance
(d) Monsieur Defarge, The Vengeance, and Doctor Manette

7. Who are the two witnesses Darnay names in his behalf?
(a) Theophile Gabelle and Alexandre Manette
(b) Miss Pross and Mr. Lorry
(c) Mr. Lorry and Doctor Manette
(d) Doctor Manette and Alexandre Manette

8. What is the question that Miss Pross has for Doctor Manette?
(a) How can she go about joining the patriots' cause?
(b) When will a new king rule France?
(c) Will they be able to become citizens of France?
(d) When will they be able to go back to England?

9. Who does Mr. Lorry leave with Lucie, her child, and Miss Pross at their new lodgings?
(a) Jerry
(b) Carton
(c) Defarge
(d) Doctor Manette

10. What request does Lucie present to the four men holding her husband?
(a) She requests that they allow her to send Charles a note.
(b) She requests that Charles be able to hold his daughter again.
(c) She requests that she be able to embrace Charles one more time.
(d) She requests that she can pray with Charles.

11. Who decides which prisoners will be released or murdered at the prison?
(a) The king
(b) The warden
(c) The tribunal
(d) The guards vote on it

12. Who is sitting in the front row during Darnay's trial?
(a) Monsieur Defarge and Madame Defarge
(b) Lucie and Miss Pross
(c) Doctor Manette and Mr. Lorry
(d) Doctor Manette and Lucie

13. Who cries out Solomon's English identity when he sees Jerry and Miss Pross talking to him?
(a) Doctor Manette
(b) Monsieur Lafarge
(c) Sydney Carton
(d) Mr. Lorry

14. What is Madame Defarge's reaction to the fate of Charles Darnay?
(a) She is indifferent.
(b) She smiles.
(c) She is horrified.
(d) She is saddened.

15. How does Carton comfort the seamstress who is executed before him?
(a) He tells her that her family will pray for her soul.
(b) He tells her that she is brave.
(c) He tells her that she is too good for this world.
(d) He tells her there is no trouble or worry in the next world.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What startles Lucie as she sits in her home listening to her father tell Little Lucie a story?

3. What becomes of the first fifteen prisoners to go in front of the Tribunal before Charles?

4. What is the family name that is detested by Saint Antoine?

5. What becomes a symbol of the regeneration of the human race, superseding the Cross?

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