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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Doctor Manette go to see after delivering his news to Lucie?
(a) Mr. Lorry
(b) Monsieur Defarge
(c) Miss Pross
(d) The Vengeance

2. 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.

3. What is the main source of evidence presented against Charles Darnay?
(a) A traitorous letter written by Charles
(b) An eyewitness
(c) A letter written in the prison of the Bastille
(d) An incriminating weapon with Charles' initials imprinted on it

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

5. What disguise are the two men turning the grindstone wearing?
(a) False eyebrows and false eyelashes
(b) Burlap bags over their faces
(c) Masks of white powder
(d) Wild boar heads over their faces

6. How long has Charles been in prison at this point?
(a) Six months
(b) One year and three months
(c) Two years
(d) Two weeks

7. What does the audience yell out as Darnay's name is called?
(a) Set him free.
(b) Show mercy.
(c) Let him rot in prison.
(d) Take off his head.

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

9. What does Carton purchase after talking to the wood-sawyer?
(a) A silver topped cane
(b) A new pipe
(c) A silk top hat
(d) Two packets from the chemist

10. What does Madame Defarge find when she reaches her destination?
(a) There are two dead bodies on the floor.
(b) The place is in disarray, as if someone left hastily.
(c) The floors are covered in blood.
(d) The place is crowded with Republicans.

11. What does Carton instruct Charles to do when he goes to his prison cell?
(a) Change shoes and clothes with him.
(b) Beg the prison guard for mercy.
(c) Pray for him while waiting for execution.
(d) Ask the Defarge's to take back their testimony.

12. How does Doctor Manette manage to visit Charles in prison?
(a) Manette is allowed to visit because of his past imprisonment.
(b) Manette bribes the guards.
(c) Manette sneaks past the guards after dark.
(d) Manette becomes the prison's physician.

13. What is one of the frenzied aspirations of the people?
(a) Tarring and feathering
(b) Sacrifices and self-immolations
(c) Public flogging
(d) Public hanging

14. What has the wood-sawyer named his saw?
(a) My Sharp Razor
(b) My Little Guillotine
(c) My Little Shaver
(d) My Dear Livelihood

15. What advice does Carton give to Mr. Lorry about Charles' fate?
(a) Don't grieve
(b) Help Lucie to grieve
(c) Help Lucie to accept the circumstances
(d) Grieve now and never again

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mr. Lorry amazed to see come through the door of Tellson's Bank in Paris?

2. What does a woman waiting to be executed ask to do when she sees Carton's face?

3. Why do Lucie and Charles not hire a housekeeper?

4. What does the evidence against Charles call up in the crowd at the trial?

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

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