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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. Where does Miss Pross run across her long lost brother, Solomon?

2. What are Carton's true feelings about Mr. Lorry?

3. Who are the two witnesses Darnay names in his behalf?

4. What is Carton doing as he rides in the death cart?

5. What does Carton instruct Charles to do when he goes to his prison cell?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe why Madame Defarge goes to visit Lucie.

4. Summarize the thoughts of the people on the night after Carton's execution.

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

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

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

8. Describe the evidence that the Tribunal has against Charles?

9. Explain why Sydney Carton decides to walk around the city, making his presence known.

10. Describe how La Guillotine is used as a symbol of the patriots.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Analyze Doctor Manette's personality and emotional changes throughout the novel.

2) What fears and emotions does he experience as he grows in the three parts of the novel?

3) How do his attitudes change as he develops from a prisoner into a family man?

4) Cite examples of the character changes the doctor goes through from each of the three parts of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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