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| Author of A Tale of Two Cities |
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| What two cities does the title refer to? |
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| Why does Dickens use the phrase “recalled to life” in reference to Doctor Manette? |
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| Because he was released from prison |
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| How does Sydney Carton save Charles Darnay from being found guilty of treason during the trial in England? |
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| He points out the resemblance between Darnay and himself |
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| During the day Jerry Cruncher is a porter for Tellson’s Bank. What is his occupation at night? |
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| What is Madame Defarge knitting? |
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| a register of people who will be condemned to die after the Revolution |
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| Why does the Doctor keep himself busy by making shoes after Lucie and Darnay get married? |
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| He realizes that Darnay is the son of the man who sent him to prison |
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| Why does Darnay return to France in 1792? |
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| To help his family’s steward, who is in prison for helping Darnay |
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| What three people denounce Darnay when the revolutionaries arrest him for a second time in France? |
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| Monsieur and Madame Defarge and Doctor Manette |
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| How does Madame Defarge die? |
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| She accidentally shoots herself. |
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| How does Carton get Darnay out of prison? |
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| He changes clothes with Darnay, drugs him, and arranges for the guards to take Darnay out of the prison in his place. |
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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.” |
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| 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.” |
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| 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.” |
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| A Tale of Two Cities opens in 1775. Which of the following does not characterize this period? |
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| The guillotine stands as a much-feared fixture on the streets of Paris. |
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| Why are the drivers of the Dover mail coach hesitant to stop for Jerry Cruncher’s message? |
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| They fear that he is a highwayman attempting to rob the passengers |
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| What object does Doctor Manette keep during his imprisonment in order to escape “in spirit”? |
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| A lock of his wife’s hair |
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| By what name do the men in Defarge’s wine shop call their fellow revolutionaries? |
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| What skill did Doctor Manette develop in order to pass the time during his incarceration? |
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| What symbol does Dickens use to portend the bloodshed of the French Revolution? |
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| During her testimony, to whom does Lucie claim that Charles Darnay alluded on the boat ride from Calais to Dover? |
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| After Darnay’s acquittal, why does Sydney Carton claim to dislike him? |
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| Darnay reminds him of how far he has fallen and everything he might have been. |
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| To which animal does Dickens compare Sydney Carton? |
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| A Tale of Two Cities was published in weekly installments from April to November of what year? |
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| What image does Dickens frequently use to describe Lucie Manette? |
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| What sound does Lucie often hear echoing off the street when she is in her home? |
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| Which of the following characters is related to the Marquis, whose carriage runs down a small child? |
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| Who does Miss Pross believe is the ideal suitor for Lucie Manette? |
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| What does Mr. Lorry try to persuade Mr. Stryver not to do? |
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| Who promises Lucie Manette that he would, if necessary, die for her? |
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| What does Jerry Cruncher frequently go out to do at night? |
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| Dig up bodies in the cemetery |
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| Who informs the Defarges that Lucie Manette has married Charles Darnay? |
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| On the night after Lucie and Charles are married, what does Doctor Manette do? |
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| He reverts to his prison pastime of making shoes. |
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| During the storming of the Bastille, who decapitates the fortress’s guard? |
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| Why does the Paris mob kill Foulon? |
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| Because he suggested that starving people should eat grass |
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| What is the duration of Manette’s psychological relapse after Lucie leaves for her honeymoon? |
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| Who develops a habit of watching and speaking to Lucie as she waits on a Paris street corner each day, hoping that Darnay will be able to see her from his prison window? |
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| Who does the spy John Barsad turn out to be? |
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| Miss Pross’ brother, Solomon |
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| Why was Doctor Manette imprisoned? |
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| The Marquis Evrémonde feared that Manette would reveal one of the Marquis’ dark secrets. |
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| Grave robber and works for TellsonsBank |
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| Wine shop owner and french revoluionary |
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| a successful lawyer who is a selfish and ambitious man. He employs Carton and defends Darnay in England. |
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| good family friend of the mannettes,and works for tellsons bank, and is around 60yrsold |
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