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

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

3. Who does Charles forget about as he writes letters to family and friends?
(a) Mr. Lorry
(b) Sydney Carton
(c) Doctor Manette
(d) Lucie

4. What is Defarge's response when Charles Darnay asks him to contact Mr. Lorry at Tellson's Bank?
(a) Defarge says that he will be glad to send Lorry a message.
(b) Defarge says that he will do nothing for Charles.
(c) Defarge says that he will deliver the message himself.
(d) Defarge says nothing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has the wood-sawyer named his saw?

2. What is Solomon's secret identity in England?

3. What is the unanimous vote at Charles' trial?

4. How many death carts head toward La Guillotine?

5. What do Mr. Lorry and Carton find falling out of the doctor's pocket?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Carton help the seamstress who is being executed before him?

2. Describe who makes up the Tribunal of Charles' trial.

3. Summarize the thoughts of the people on the night after Carton's execution.

4. Summarize the reaction of the crowd at the innocent verdict for Charles.

5. Describe how La Guillotine is used as a symbol of the patriots.

6. Describe what Carton does when he visits Charles in prison.

7. What is Doctor Manette's reaction to Charles' acquittal?

8. Describe the one thing that Monsieur Defarge does not agree with about his wife's thinking.

9. Describe the reaction of Miss Pross when she sees her brother in the marketplace.

10. What is the verdict for Charles in this second trial?

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