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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. Chapter 6 What is Doctor Manette doing for a living which is far below a medical practice?

2. Why are families in England cautioned to put their furniture in storage if they travel out of town?

3. What does Madame Defarge do in her usual spot in the wine shop?

4. How does Charles feel about Lucie Manette?

5. How does Carton react to Stryver's advice?

Short Essay Questions

1. Chapter 1 Give a description of Tellson's Bank.

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

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

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

5. Chapter 6 Summarize the physical and emotional state of Doctor Manette.

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

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

8. Chapter 24 Summarize what is written in the letter that Charles Darnay receives from his Uncle's servant, Gabelle.

9. Chapter 21 What is the golden thread that Dickens uses in the first paragraph of this chapter?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Evaluate the elements of cause-and-effect in this story using examples from the novel.

2) Choose three events from the story which cause Carton's life to undergo a change.

3) How does he react to the events and their effects?

4) How does he grow emotionally in his own life and in his attitude toward the people in his life because of these changes?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

1) Evaluate the evidence presented to the Tribunal in the second case against Charles Darnay.

2) Do you think the testimony given by the Defarges and the letter from Doctor Manette are convincing?

3) Defend or criticize the verdict of the Tribunal.

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