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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. Who is sitting in the front row during Darnay's trial?

2. What does Madame Defarge carry inside her coat as she walks through the streets of Paris?

3. What does Charles realize about the future peace of his family as he awaits execution?

4. What is Solomon's secret identity in England?

5. Who makes up the Tribunal?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Mr. Lorry's first business consideration with regard to Tellson's Bank.

3. Describe the Carmagnole.

4. Explain why Mr. Lorry is shocked at the sight of Jerry Cruncher.

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

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

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

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

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

10. An escort is forced upon Charles when he enters France. Where does this escort bring him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

1) Evaluate the relationship between Lucie and her father, Doctor Manette.

2) How does the doctor's past affect their relationship with one another?

3) What does Doctor Manette wish for Lucie's future?

4) How does Lucie feel about her father at the end of the novel?

5) Give examples from the story of how they interact with one another.

Essay Topic 3

1) Summarize how Charles Dickens uses local color and imagery to describe London and Paris.

2) Cite descriptive examples of the atmosphere, landscaping, the citizens, the wine shop, the prisons, and Tellson's Bank.

3) Does the imagery Dickens uses depict a clear and accurate picture of the cities and the surrounding landscape?

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