View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What becomes of the first fifteen prisoners to go in front of the Tribunal before Charles?
(a) Half are condemned and half set free.
(b) They are all condemned.
(c) All are sent beck to their cells.
(d) All are released.

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

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

4. How many death carts head toward La Guillotine?
(a) Six
(b) Two
(c) Twelve
(d) Seven

5. What bothers Lorry about the Defarges?
(a) Their dreadful manner
(b) They seem too happy.
(c) Their ignorance
(d) Their lust for blood

Short Answer Questions

1. How many defenseless men and women held prisoner were killed during the four days Doctor Manette is away to help Charles?

2. What is the family name that is detested by Saint Antoine?

3. What does Mr. Lorry tell Lucie before he leaves her lodging?

4. What does the audience yell out as Darnay's name is called?

5. What does Madame Defarge carry inside her coat as she walks through the streets of Paris?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the reaction of the crowd in the courtyard have toward Doctor Manette when he reveals who he is.

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

3. Summarize the contents of the note Charles sends to Lucie.

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

5. An escort is forced upon Charles when he enters France. Where does this escort bring him?

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

7. Describe why Madame Defarge goes to visit Lucie.

8. Describe what Little Lucie remembers about Sydney Carton years later.

9. Describe the evidence that the Tribunal has against Charles?

10. Explain why Mr. Lorry is horrified to look out the window of Tellson's Bank.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 596 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample