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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the prisoner's reaction as he waits before the large crowd to be tried?
(a) He is calm and attentive.
(b) He is crying and moaning.
(c) He is begging for mercy.
(d) He is blubbering.

2. What is the commotion at the Marquis' home after dinner with Charles?
(a) The Marquis is stabbed through the heart.
(b) The Marquis has an argument with his wife.
(c) The Marquis argues with Gabelle.
(d) The Marquis falls down the stairs.

3. What does Doctor Manette proceed to do after his daughter's wedding?
(a) Make shoes
(b) Goes to bed
(c) Takes a drink
(d) Sees to patients

4. What type of person is Miss Proust's brother, Solomon?
(a) A loving brother
(b) A loyal Englishman
(c) A sad, depressed man
(d) A heartless scoundrel

5. What does Defarge take to the King and Queen about Marquis Evremonde's murderer?
(a) The dagger used to stab the Marquis
(b) Evidence against the murderer
(c) The body of the Marquis
(d) A petition on the murderer's behalf

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Doctor Manette tell Lucie he thought about as he looked at the moon while in prison?

2. What is Mr. Lorry's reaction to Stryver's upcoming plans?

3. Chapter 10 What does Charles Darnay choose as a career?

4. What does it mean when Defarge and his followers register the inhabitants of the Marquis' chateau?

5. Chapter 16 Who is the spy that is commissioned for Defarge's neighborhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. Chapter 9 What suspicions does Charles have about his near-death encounter in England?

2. Chapter 2 Summarize the message that Jerry delivers to Mr. Lorry.

3. Chapter 2 Describe the sentence of quartering, which is the punishment for treason.

4. Chapter 1 Give a description of Tellson's Bank.

5. Chapter 4 Describe the look that Doctor Manette gives to Charles Darnay as they stand together after the trial.

6. Chapter 10 What is Charles Darnay's purpose in visiting Doctor Manette?

7. Chapter 8 Summarize the comment Defarge makes to the grieving father who holds his dead child in his hands.

8. Chapter3 Explain why Charles Darnay is acquitted of his accused crime.

9. Chapter 12 Explain Stryver's final decision about his marriage proposal to Lucie and his reaction to it.

10. Chapter 21 What is the golden thread that Dickens uses in the first paragraph of this chapter?

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