Who said the following: “It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”
Lucie Manette
Madame Defarge
Sydney Carton
Doctor Manette
What does the broken wine cask symbolize?
The inability to be washed free of sin
Failings of the transport and agricultural ministries
Hunger and a bloodthirsty desire for change
The purity of the revolutionary dream
Why was Dr. Manette imprisoned?
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Why does Charles Darnay return to France after his marriage?
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What three people denounce Darnay when the revolutionaries arrest him for a second time in France?
Monsieur and Madame Defarge and Doctor Manette
Monsieur Defarge, Doctor Manette, and the Marquis
Madame Degarge, Jarvis Lorry, and Roger Cly
ow does Carton get Darnay out of prison?
He changes clothes with Darnay, drugs him, and arranges for the guards to take Darnay out of the prison in his place.
Which one of these is not “a double” in the narrative?
Lucy and Madame Defarge
England and France
Monsieur Defarge and Doctor Manette
Carton and Darnay
What did Monsieur Defarge do before he was a wine shop owner and revolutionary?
Nothing, he’s actually an aristocrat.
He was a wood-sawyer.
He was Doctor Manette’s servant.
He was a shoe maker.
What aspect of the revolution does the novel criticize?
The way money was redistributed
The way the peasants overthrow cruelty with cruelty
That the British were not allowed to help restructure French
That the peasants are not vicious enough
Why does the Doctor keep himself busy by making shoes after Lucie and Darnay get married?
He discovers that Darnay is a traitor.
He realizes that Darnay is the son of the man who sent him t
He sees that Darnay has no shoes.
He learns that Darnay is a revolutionary.
What helps explain Madame Defarge’s vengefulness and bloodlust?
Her need to prove that she’s a good revolutionary
Her ambition to rule
Her family’s suffering at the hands of oppression
Her hero is Lady Macbeth
What saves Sydney Carton from his self-proclaimed wasted life?
His love for Lucy
What is Charles Darnay’s real last name?
Gabelle
Marquis
Defarge
Evremonde
What does Carton’s sacrifice suggest about France’s fate?
That France is doomed
That its violence may finally give way to a better society
That all will be well
That the revolutionaries must be overthrown before the count
Which character can be interpreted as being redeemed by actions?
Mr. Lorry
Monsieur Defarge
Sydney Carton
Jerry Stryver
Who said the following: “I have sometimes sat alone here of an evening, listening, until I have made the echoes out to be the echoes of all the footsteps that are coming by-and-by into our lives.”
Doctor Manette
Sydney Carton
Madame Defarge
Lucie Manette
What characterizes Lucie?
Love, purity, compassion, devotion
sensitivity, indecision, timidity
Passion, drama, bold actions
Anger, self-righteousness, defensiveness
Whose side occupation is as a “Resurrection-Man”?
Doctor Manette
Sydney Carton
Charles Darnay
Jerry Cruncher
Why is Charles Darnay acquitted at his English trial?
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Who is Miss Pross’s brother, whose real name is Solomon, and a British spy?
John Barsad
Mr. Lorry
Monsieur Defarge
Roger Cly
How does Madame Defarge die?
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To whom is Carton often compared because of his sacrifice?
Ghandi
Job
The Buddha
Christ
What is Madame Defarge knitting?
a register of people who will be condemned to die after the Revolution
During the day Jerry Cruncher is a porter for Tellson’s Bank. What is his occupation at night?
grave robber
Who said the following: “ When the time comes, let loose a tiger and a devil; but wait for the time with the tiger and the devil chained—not shown, yet always ready.”
Madame Defarge
Lucie Manette
Sydney Carton
Doctor Manette
Which characters go through profound transformations?
Monsieur and Madame Defarge
Charles Darnay and Lucy
Doctor Manette and Sydney Carton
Miss Pross and Jerry Cruncher
Which characters have been singled out by critics as being too flat?
Lucy’s daughter and Roger Cly
Sydney Carton and Doctor Manette
Lucie and Charles Darnay
Jerry Cruncher and Mr. Lorry
Why does Dickens use the phrase “recalled to life” in reference to Doctor Manette?
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Who kills the Marquis d'Evremonde?
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Why does Darnay return to France in 1792?
To turn in Defarge
To expose the revolutionaries
To help his family’s steward, who is in prison for helping D
To visit a gravesite
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