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?
Carton and Darnay
England and France
Monsieur Defarge and Doctor Manette
Lucy and Madame Defarge
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 the revolutionaries must be overthrown before the count
That all will be well
Why does Charles Darnay return to France after his marriage?
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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.”
Madame Defarge
Sydney Carton
Lucie Manette
Doctor Manette
How does Madame Defarge die?
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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
Madame Degarge, Jarvis Lorry, and Roger Cly
Monsieur Defarge, Doctor Manette, and the Marquis
Why is Charles Darnay acquitted at his English trial?
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What is Madame Defarge knitting?
a register of people who will be condemned to die after the Revolution
Why was Dr. Manette imprisoned?
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What did Monsieur Defarge do before he was a wine shop owner and revolutionary?
He was Doctor Manette’s servant.
Nothing, he’s actually an aristocrat.
He was a shoe maker.
He was a wood-sawyer.
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
Doctor Manette
Sydney Carton
Lucie Manette
To whom is Carton often compared because of his sacrifice?
Ghandi
Christ
The Buddha
Job
Whose side occupation is as a “Resurrection-Man”?
Jerry Cruncher
Charles Darnay
Sydney Carton
Doctor Manette
What is Charles Darnay’s real last name?
Marquis
Evremonde
Gabelle
Defarge
Why does the Doctor keep himself busy by making shoes after Lucie and Darnay get married?
He learns that Darnay is a revolutionary.
He realizes that Darnay is the son of the man who sent him t
He sees that Darnay has no shoes.
He discovers that Darnay is a traitor.
What characterizes Lucie?
Anger, self-righteousness, defensiveness
sensitivity, indecision, timidity
Love, purity, compassion, devotion
Passion, drama, bold actions
What aspect of the revolution does the novel criticize?
That the peasants are not vicious enough
The way money was redistributed
The way the peasants overthrow cruelty with cruelty
That the British were not allowed to help restructure French
What does the broken wine cask symbolize?
The purity of the revolutionary dream
Hunger and a bloodthirsty desire for change
The inability to be washed free of sin
Failings of the transport and agricultural ministries
What saves Sydney Carton from his self-proclaimed wasted life?
His love for Lucy
Which character can be interpreted as being redeemed by actions?
Sydney Carton
Monsieur Defarge
Jerry Stryver
Mr. Lorry
Who is Miss Pross’s brother, whose real name is Solomon, and a British spy?
John Barsad
Monsieur Defarge
Roger Cly
Mr. Lorry
Who kills the Marquis d'Evremonde?
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Which characters have been singled out by critics as being too flat?
Jerry Cruncher and Mr. Lorry
Sydney Carton and Doctor Manette
Lucy’s daughter and Roger Cly
Lucie and Charles Darnay
What helps explain Madame Defarge’s vengefulness and bloodlust?
Her hero is Lady Macbeth
Her ambition to rule
Her family’s suffering at the hands of oppression
Her need to prove that she’s a good revolutionary
Which characters go through profound transformations?
Charles Darnay and Lucy
Monsieur and Madame Defarge
Doctor Manette and Sydney Carton
Miss Pross and Jerry Cruncher
Why does Dickens use the phrase “recalled to life” in reference to Doctor Manette?
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Why does Darnay return to France in 1792?
To visit a gravesite
To help his family’s steward, who is in prison for helping D
To expose the revolutionaries
To turn in Defarge
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.”
Madame Defarge
Doctor Manette
Sydney Carton
Lucie Manette
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