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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Mr. Lorry leave with Lucie, her child, and Miss Pross at their new lodgings?

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

4. Where does Defarge take Charles Darnay when he arrives at the gates of Paris?

5. What is bothering Lorry about providing shelter for Lucie at Tellson's Bank?

Short Essay Questions

1. There is a knock on Doctor Manette's door. Who is knocking and what is their purpose?

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

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

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

5. How does Doctor Manette manage to communicate messages between Charles and Lucie?

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

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

8. Explain why Mr. Lorry is shocked at the sight of Jerry Cruncher.

9. Describe Mr. Lorry's first business consideration with regard to Tellson's Bank.

10. Describe how the patriots of France look upon Charles Darnay.

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