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

2. What request does Lucie present to the four men holding her husband?
(a) She requests that Charles be able to hold his daughter again.
(b) She requests that they allow her to send Charles a note.
(c) She requests that she can pray with Charles.
(d) She requests that she be able to embrace Charles one more time.

3. What words continue to repeat in Carton's mind as he wanders the streets throughout the night?
(a) Though we walk through the shadows of death
(b) I am the resurrection and the life.
(c) Father forgive them.
(d) I am who I am.

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

5. What is the physical appearance of the men and women sharpening weapons in the courtyard?
(a) They are dressed in party wear.
(b) They are dressed in uniforms.
(c) They wear clean clothes and white wigs.
(d) They are covered in blood.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the new mode of address decreed by the patriots?

3. What is the first thing Charles does when he is put in his cell?

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

5. What is Lucie's reaction when she is finally pulled away from Charles?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Summarize the description Carton gives of Mr. Lorry and how people will feel about him when he is gone.

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

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

7. Describe the result of the encounter between Miss Pross and Madame Defarge.

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

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

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

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