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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. What is the year the story is taking place?
2. What is Monsieur Defarge's roll in the storming of the Bastille?
3. What does Stryver say to Mr. Lorry about the advice Lorry gives him?
4. Chapter 17 Why is Lucie so happy as she sits under the tree with her father?
5. Chapter 5 What are dozens of Parisians sipping off the ground before it soaks into the earth?
Short Essay Questions
1. Chapter 6 Analyze how the title of the chapter relates to Carton's musings.
2. Chapter 7 Describe the cold heartedness of Marquis Evremonde in this chapter.
3. Chapter 21 What is the golden thread that Dickens uses in the first paragraph of this chapter?
4. Chapter 4 Describe the look that Doctor Manette gives to Charles Darnay as they stand together after the trial.
5. Chapter 22 Describe the fate of the old aristocrat, Foulon.
6. Chapter 9 What suspicions does Charles have about his near-death encounter in England?
7. Chapter 8 Summarize the comment Defarge makes to the grieving father who holds his dead child in his hands.
8. Chapter 1 Describe what families living in England in 1775 do if they travel away from their homes?
9. Chapter 2 Describe the sentence of quartering, which is the punishment for treason.
10. Chapter 1 Give a description of Tellson's Bank.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
1) Write an introduction to the novel discussing Charles Dickens' writing style, use of dialogue, irony, imagery, and point of view of the characters.
2) How do these literary elements affect the story?
Essay Topic 2
1) Discuss how Mr. Lorry grows as a character from the beginning of the novel to the end.
2) How do his attitudes change toward Tellson's Bank?
3) How does his attitude about his lifestyle change?
4) What are the differences in his attitude toward the meaning of life differ from the beginning to the end of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
1) Analyze the resolution of the story as it relates to each of the characters in the novel.
2) Explain the metamorphosis each character experiences in the final chapter.
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