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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 startles Lucie as she sits in her home listening to her father tell Little Lucie a story?

2. Who accompanies Mr. Lorry to go see Lucie?

3. What becomes a symbol of the regeneration of the human race, superseding the Cross?

4. How does the universal fear and distrust of the times affect daily life of the citizens?

5. What is Doctor Manette's condition when he returns home from trying to find leniency for Charles?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Carmagnole.

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. Describe the evidence that the Tribunal has against Charles?

5. What are the three letters Charles writes from prison before his scheduled execution, and who does he forget?

6. How does Lucie make herself known to Charles each day?

7. Describe the one thing that Monsieur Defarge does not agree with about his wife's thinking.

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

9. Describe who makes up the Tribunal of Charles' trial.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Analyze the resolution of the story as it relates to each of the characters in the novel.

2) Explain the metamorphosis each character experiences in the final chapter.

Essay Topic 2

1) Lucie is one of the main constants throughout the novel. She is mentioned in all three parts of the story and everyone's life seems to revolve around her. Explain how Lucie and the characters intertwine as the book progresses.

2) What relationship does Lucie have with Doctor Manette, Miss Pross, Charles Darnay, Mr. Lorry, Mr. Stryver, the Defarges, and Sydney Carton.

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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