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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the three passengers in the coach relate to one another?

2. How does Charles feel about Lucie Manette?

3. Chapter 5 What are dozens of Parisians sipping off the ground before it soaks into the earth?

4. Chapter 6 Where are Doctor Manette's lodgings located?

5. Chapter 19 How does Mr. Lorry begin his conversation with Doctor Manette on the tenth day after Lucie's wedding?

Short Essay Questions

1. Chapter 9 What suspicions does Charles have about his near-death encounter in England?

2. Chapter 12 Explain Stryver's final decision about his marriage proposal to Lucie and his reaction to it.

3. Chapter 16 What does Monsieur Defarge say to his wife in a pleading voice about Lucie Manette's husband?

4. Chapter 8 Summarize the comment Defarge makes to the grieving father who holds his dead child in his hands.

5. Chapter 2 Describe the sentence of quartering, which is the punishment for treason.

6. Chapter3 Explain why Charles Darnay is acquitted of his accused crime.

7. Chapter 1 Describe what families living in England in 1775 do if they travel away from their homes?

8. Chapter 4 Summarize the news Mr. Lorry bring to Lucie and her reaction to the message.

9. Chapter 13 Summarize Carton's final comments to Lucie in this chapter.

10. Chapter 18 Describe the great concern Miss Pross and Mr. Lorry have for Doctor Manette after Lucie's wedding.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Analyze Madame Defarge's final acts in the story.

2) Analyze whether her character completely evil in the end?

3) Justify the answer with examples from the story.

4) What alternatives did she have at the climax of the story?

Essay Topic 2

1) Discuss how Sydney Carton's character changes from the beginning of the novel to the end.

2) How does his attitude change toward the Manettes?

3) How does his attitude toward Charles Darnay change?

4) What are the differences in his attitude toward the way he sees his life from the start of the novel to the end?

Essay Topic 3

1) What is the significance of the woman at the foot of the scaffold, watching Sydney face La Guillotine?

2) How does she envision the thoughts that Sydney is thinking?

3) As written by this woman, what future does Sydney envision for Lucie and her family?

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