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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the new mode of address decreed by the patriots?
(a) Good day to equality.
(b) Long live liberty.
(c) Sing of a new republic.
(d) Good day, citizen.

2. How many people are condemned to die on the same day as Charles?
(a) 68
(b) 52
(c) 97
(d) 152

3. What does Carton instruct Charles to do when he goes to his prison cell?
(a) Ask the Defarge's to take back their testimony.
(b) Beg the prison guard for mercy.
(c) Change shoes and clothes with him.
(d) Pray for him while waiting for execution.

4. What does Madame Defarge reveal about her past?
(a) She is the other sister of the wounded boy discussed at Darnay's trial.
(b) She was actually born in England.
(c) She has an English stepsister.
(d) She is the sister of Doctor Manette.

5. What is the arrangement Carton makes with Solomon with regard to Darnay?
(a) Carton can gain access to Darnay.
(b) Carton will smuggle a weapon to Darnay.
(c) Solomon will arrange to release Darnay.
(d) Solomon will unlock Darnay's cell.

6. What is the question that Miss Pross has for Doctor Manette?
(a) When will they be able to go back to England?
(b) How can she go about joining the patriots' cause?
(c) When will a new king rule France?
(d) Will they be able to become citizens of France?

7. Who denounces Charles Darnay, causing him to be arrested once again?
(a) Citizen and Citizeness Defarge
(b) The owner of Tellson's Bank
(c) Jerry Cruncher
(d) The Vengeance

8. What is the outcome of the struggle between Madame Defarge and Miss Pross?
(a) Miss Pross is shot.
(b) Madame Defarge is stabbed.
(c) Madame Defarge is shot.
(d) Miss Pross is stabbed.

9. What does Madame Defarge find when she reaches her destination?
(a) The floors are covered in blood.
(b) The place is in disarray, as if someone left hastily.
(c) The place is crowded with Republicans.
(d) There are two dead bodies on the floor.

10. Where does Miss Pross run across her long lost brother, Solomon?
(a) The La Forge prison
(b) Tellson's Bank
(c) The Good Republican Brutus of Antiquity
(d) At La Guillotine

11. What does Madame Defarge carry inside her coat as she walks through the streets of Paris?
(a) A vile of poison
(b) Her knitting
(c) A flag of the Republic
(d) A pistol and a dagger

12. Why do Lucie and Charles not hire a housekeeper?
(a) Little Lucie does all the housekeeping chores.
(b) They are not rich and they fear domestic spies.
(c) They prefer to live in seclusion.
(d) Lucie enjoys housekeeping.

13. What is the matter in which Madame Defarge cannot trust her husband?
(a) She cannot trust him to execute Charles.
(b) She cannot trust him to remain true to her.
(c) She cannot trust him to capture Lucie and her daughter for execution.
(d) She cannot trust him to be a traitor to the Republic.

14. Where does Sydney Carton stop on the morning after Charles' trial?
(a) La Guillotine
(b) The prison
(c) The Defarge's wine shop
(d) Jerry Cruncher's lodgings

15. How does the universal fear and distrust of the times affect daily life of the citizens?
(a) Citizens are unable to purchase food.
(b) People do not go out of their houses.
(c) The usual harmless ways of life have changed.
(d) Many citizens are leaving France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Charles Darnay feel completely lost when he returns to Paris?

2. What is the message that the visitors relate to Mr. Lorry?

3. What has the wood-sawyer named his saw?

4. What does Carton purchase after talking to the wood-sawyer?

5. Why do men and women gather in the courtyard to sharpen weapons on the grindstone?

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