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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the three witnesses against Charles Darnay at his trial?
(a) Monsieur Defarge, Madame Defarge, and Doctor Manette
(b) Monsieur Defarge, The Vengeance, and Doctor Manette
(c) Monsieur Defarge, Solomon, and The Vengeance
(d) Monsieur Defarge, Madame Defarge, and The Vengeance

2. How does Carton manage to get Charles out of his prison cell?
(a) He slips out a secret passageway.
(b) He anesthetizes him and Barsard carries him out.
(c) He goes through a trap door in the floor.
(d) He lowers a rope from the tower and climbs down.

3. What is the plan Doctor Manette tells to Lucie so that Charles can see her from a prison window?
(a) She comes to the prison after dark so he can see her.
(b) She comes to the prison disguised as a fruit vendor.
(c) She stands outside at three in the afternoon and he will be able to see her.
(d) She stands outside the prison dressed in leper's robes.

4. Why does Charles Darnay feel completely lost when he returns to Paris?
(a) The streets have all been reworked and changed.
(b) Charles doesn't know any of the people living in Paris now.
(c) . Charles has forgotten a lot of the French language.
(d) Everything about France is suddenly completely changed and unfair.

5. Who are the two witnesses Darnay names in his behalf?
(a) Theophile Gabelle and Alexandre Manette
(b) Miss Pross and Mr. Lorry
(c) Doctor Manette and Alexandre Manette
(d) Mr. Lorry and Doctor Manette

6. What bothers Lorry about the Defarges?
(a) Their lust for blood
(b) They seem too happy.
(c) Their dreadful manner
(d) Their ignorance

7. What is Defarge's response when Charles Darnay asks him to contact Mr. Lorry at Tellson's Bank?
(a) Defarge says that he will be glad to send Lorry a message.
(b) Defarge says that he will deliver the message himself.
(c) Defarge says nothing.
(d) Defarge says that he will do nothing for Charles.

8. What does Barsard tell a man who is ridiculing Evremonde as he rides in the death cart?
(a) Give him some peace.
(b) He deserves to die.
(c) Death to the aristocrat
(d) He will die in pain.

9. What is Mr. Lorry grateful for as he sits in Tellson's Bank in Paris?
(a) He is grateful that he still has a job.
(b) He is grateful that he is leaving Paris.
(c) He is grateful that none of his loved ones are in Paris.
(d) He is grateful that he has not been taken prisoner.

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

11. What does the evidence against Charles call up in the crowd at the trial?
(a) Mercy for the prisoners
(b) Sympathy for Charles
(c) A passion for vengeance
(d) Their own past offenses

12. Who is sitting in the front row during Darnay's trial?
(a) Lucie and Miss Pross
(b) Doctor Manette and Lucie
(c) Monsieur Defarge and Madame Defarge
(d) Doctor Manette and Mr. Lorry

13. What becomes of the first fifteen prisoners to go in front of the Tribunal before Charles?
(a) All are sent beck to their cells.
(b) They are all condemned.
(c) All are released.
(d) Half are condemned and half set free.

14. 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) Change shoes and clothes with him.
(c) Beg the prison guard for mercy.
(d) Pray for him while waiting for execution.

15. What is the family name that is detested by Saint Antoine?
(a) Evremonde
(b) Manette
(c) Tellson
(d) Carton

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mr. Lorry and Carton find falling out of the doctor's pocket?

2. What does Little Lucie recall later in her life that Carton said to Lucie while she was unconscious?

3. Why do Lucie and Charles not hire a housekeeper?

4. How does Carton comfort the seamstress who is executed before him?

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

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