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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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, The Vengeance, and Doctor Manette
(d) Monsieur Defarge, Solomon, and The Vengeance

2. Who accompanies Mr. Lorry to go see Lucie?
(a) Monsieur Defarge, the Vengeance, and Carton
(b) Jerry, Monsieur Defarge, and the Vengeance
(c) Monsieur Defarge, Madame Defarge, and the Vengeance
(d) Madame Defarge, the Vengeance, and Carton

3. What is the matter in which Madame Defarge cannot trust her husband?
(a) She cannot trust him to remain true to her.
(b) She cannot trust him to execute Charles.
(c) She cannot trust him to capture Lucie and her daughter for execution.
(d) She cannot trust him to be a traitor to the Republic.

4. What is the new mode of address decreed by the patriots?
(a) Sing of a new republic.
(b) Good day to equality.
(c) Good day, citizen.
(d) Long live liberty.

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

6. What startles Lucie as she sits in her home listening to her father tell Little Lucie a story?
(a) A drum in the distance
(b) A rock thrown at the window
(c) A rap on the door
(d) Footsteps on the stairs

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

8. What do Mr. Lorry and Carton find falling out of the doctor's pocket?
(a) Papers condemning Charles
(b) Papers denying safe passage out of France
(c) Papers condemning the doctor and Lucie
(d) Papers that allow safe passage out of France

9. How many defenseless men and women held prisoner were killed during the four days Doctor Manette is away to help Charles?
(a) 275
(b) 150
(c) 43
(d) 1100

10. Who is Mr. Lorry amazed to see come through the door of Tellson's Bank in Paris?
(a) Lucie and her father
(b) Charles Darnay
(c) Miss Pross
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Defarge

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

12. How does the universal fear and distrust of the times affect daily life of the citizens?
(a) People do not go out of their houses.
(b) Many citizens are leaving France.
(c) Citizens are unable to purchase food.
(d) The usual harmless ways of life have changed.

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

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

15. What is the unanimous vote at Charles' trial?
(a) Prison for life
(b) Hanging in two weeks
(c) Death within 24 hours
(d) Exile

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the news Doctor Manette brings to Lucie about her husband?

2. Who denounces Charles Darnay, causing him to be arrested once again?

3. What bothers Lorry about the Defarges?

4. What is the position of Solomon that Sydney Carton is most interested in?

5. What is Mr. Lorry's plan for the safe departure of Lucie, her daughter, her father, her husband, Miss Pross, and Jerry Cruncher?

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