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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. Chapter 22 What does old Foulon tell the starving people to do?
(a) Ask for mercy
(b) Eat grass
(c) Steal bread from the rich
(d) Beg for food

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

3. Who is guarding the Marquis' countryside chateau?
(a) Gabelle
(b) Sydney
(c) Charles
(d) Doctor Manette

4. What is the news that Lorry gives to his visitor?
(a) Her father had an accident.
(b) Her father is alive.
(c) Her father is coming for a visit.
(d) Her father is dead.

5. Chapter 10 What does Charles Darnay choose as a career?
(a) A wine master
(b) A tutor of French literature and language
(c) A foreign diplomat
(d) A soldier for the King

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 9 How does Charles Darnay react to dining with Marquis Evremonde?

2. What advice does Stryver give to Carton?

3. What is the fate of old Foulon?

4. What does a woman ask the Marquis to provide for her husband?

5. What is Monsieur Defarge's roll in the storming of the Bastille?

Short Essay Questions

1. Chapter 3 Describe what Jerry is thinking as he looks upon the city during the night.

2. Chapter 5 Describe the metaphorical relationship between Mr. Stryver and Sydney Carton.

3. Chapter 21 What is the golden thread that Dickens uses in the first paragraph of this chapter?

4. Chapter 8 Summarize the comment Defarge makes to the grieving father who holds his dead child in his hands.

5. Chapter 13 Summarize Carton's final comments to Lucie in this chapter.

6. Chapter 1 Describe what families living in England in 1775 do if they travel away from their homes?

7. Chapter 15 Explain the meaning of registering the chateau and all its descendants.

8. Chapter 4 Describe the look that Doctor Manette gives to Charles Darnay as they stand together after the trial.

9. Chapter 24 Summarize what is written in the letter that Charles Darnay receives from his Uncle's servant, Gabelle.

10. Chapter 18 Describe the great concern Miss Pross and Mr. Lorry have for Doctor Manette after Lucie's wedding.

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