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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 Carton doing as he rides in the death cart?

2. What is Darnay's first impression of the imprisoned men and women?

3. What do the people of the city have to say about Sydney Carton's execution at La Guillotine?

4. What disguise are the two men turning the grindstone wearing?

5. What is the new mode of address decreed by the patriots?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Carton does when he visits Charles in prison.

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

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

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

7. What is the verdict for Charles in this second trial?

8. Describe the reaction of the crowd in the courtyard have toward Doctor Manette when he reveals who he is.

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

10. Describe why Madame Defarge goes to visit Lucie.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Compare and contrast the characters of Mr. Lorry and Jerry Cruncher.

2) Summarize the impact each character has on one another.

3) How is each character realistic in his view toward life, considering the time period in which the story takes place?

4) How do their roles as businessmen differ? Cite examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

1) What are some of the differences between the French aristocrats' way of life with that of the common citizens?

2) What indications are there that the Monseigneur and the Marquis Evremonde consider theirs a superior culture and treat the common people as inferior creatures?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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