1: What two cities does the title refer to?
a. London and Paris
b. Paris and Nice
c. Edinburgh and Paris
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2: Why does Dickens use the phrase “recalled to life” in reference to Doctor Manette?
a. Because he had never traveled.
b. Because he was born again.
c. Because he came out of a coma.
d. Because he was released from prison.
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3: How does Sydney Carton save Charles Darnay from being found guilty of treason during the trial in England?
a. He finds the real criminal.
b. He points out the resemblance between Darnay and himself.
c. He proves Darnay wasn’t in England when the crime was committed.
d. He pleads guilty to the crime, himself.
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4: During the day Jerry Cruncher is a porter for Tellson’s Bank. What is his occupation at night?
a. Hustler
b. Grave robber
c. Bartender
d. Bank robber
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5: What is Madame Defarge knitting?
a. a scarf
b. a suicide note in the shape of a sweater
c. a register of people who will be condemned to die after the Revolution
d. clothes for the revolutionaries
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6: Why does the Doctor keep himself busy by making shoes after Lucie and Darnay get married?
a. He sees that Darnay has no shoes.
b. He learns that Darnay is a revolutionary.
c. He realizes that Darnay is the son of the man who sent him to prison.
d. He discovers that Darnay is a traitor.
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7: Why does Darnay return to France in 1792?
a. To turn in Defarge
b. To expose the revolutionaries
c. To visit a gravesite
d. To help his family’s steward, who is in prison for helping Darnay
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8: What three people denounce Darnay when the revolutionaries arrest him for a second time in France?
a. Monsieur and Madame Defarge and Doctor Manette
b. Doctor Manette, Lucie, and Jerry Cruncher
c. Madame Degarge, Jarvis Lorry, and Roger Cly
d. Monsieur Defarge, Doctor Manette, and Monseigneur the Marquis
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9: How does Madame Defarge die?
a. She is executed.
b. She is poisoned.
c. She accidentally shoots herself.
d. She is in an incident with a horse.
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10: How does Carton get Darnay out of prison?
a. He makes the guards think Darnay is dead.
b. He hides Darnay in a cart full of dirty laundry.
c. He sneaks Darnay out after bribing a guard.
d. 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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11: 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.”
a. Doctor Manette
b. Lucie Manette
c. Madame Defarge
d. Sydney Carton
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12: 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.”
a. Doctor Manette
b. Lucie Manette
c. Madame Defarge
d. Sydney Carton
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13: 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.”
a. Doctor Manette
b. Lucie Manette
c. Madame Defarge
d. Sydney Carton
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