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

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 she can pray with Charles.
(c) She requests that they allow her to send Charles a note.
(d) She requests that she be able to embrace Charles one more time.

3. How many people are condemned to die on the same day as Charles?
(a) 68
(b) 152
(c) 97
(d) 52

4. Who makes up the Tribunal?
(a) One judge and a jury
(b) Five judges, public prosecutor, and a jury
(c) Three judges and a public prosecutor
(d) Five judges and a jury

5. Who does Solomon blame for his secret identity being exposed?
(a) Doctor Manette
(b) Lucie
(c) The Vengeance
(d) His sister, Miss Pross

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Madame Defarge find when she reaches her destination?

2. What is Sydney's intention now that Charles is out of the prison?

3. What is Mr. Lorry's reaction when Jerry admits that he was once a gravedigger?

4. What is the news Doctor Manette brings to Lucie about her husband?

5. What does Barsard tell a man who is ridiculing Evremonde as he rides in the death cart?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Carton manage to convince Solomon to help him see Charles in prison?

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

3. Describe the Carmagnole.

4. How does Lucie make herself known to Charles each day?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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