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A Tale of Two Cities and the Victorian Age
Miss Pross meets her brother at
Jerry Cruncher calls himself
A Tale of Two Cities and the Victorian Age
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1
Jerry Cruncher calls himself
an honest tradesman
an odd jobs man
a fisherman
a flopping fool
2
Miss Pross meets her brother at
The Good Republican Cassius of Antiquity
The Good Republican Marat of Paris
The Good Republican Brutus of Antiquity
The Noble Emperor Brutus of Antiquity
3
The 19th century saw ___ become the center of influence in Western civilization
London
Budapest
Paris
Berlin
4
Madame Defarge is driven primarily by a desire for personal vengeance
false
true
5
Dickens uses an extended metaphor to describe the two classes in France
scarecrows, dolls
birds, dolls
birds, scarecrows
dogs, cats
6
Sydney, in the end, refers to Lucie as
"a golden-haired doll"
"Miss Manette"
"Her"
"She"
7
The emphasis on external conformity is called
Mrs. Abrahamssonism
Mrs. Malapropism
Mrs. Grundyism
Mrs. Gaskellism
8
Miss Pross complains about hundreds of suitors for Lucie, but there are really only
3
1
4
2
9
The executioner in charge of the guillotine is called
Sandy
Simon
Salome
Samson
10
The people who destroy the shoemaking tools enjoy getting rid of them
false
true
11
All of the following die at the Guillotine
M. Defarge, Sydney Carton, John Barsad, seamstress
M. Defarge, the Vengeance, John Barsad, Jarvis Lorry
John Barsad, Roger Cly, the Vengeance, Mme. Defarge
M. Defarge, Mme. Defarge, the Vengeance, Roger Cly
12
Madame Defarge knits ___
scarves
a blanket
roses
a register
13
Dickens incorporates a great deal of sentimentality. An example would be
the scene of Lucie's son's death
young Jerry wanting to be a Resurrection Man
Miss Pross going deaf
the death of Madame Defarge
14
Dickens tells us that the Revolutionaries replace the __ with the Guillotine
calendar
Virgin Mary
lamp post
cross
15
Miss Pross tells Jerry to meet her at the cathedral and stays behind because
She wants to find a "goodbye" before leaving Paris
she worries that two carriages leaving will arouse suspicion
She needs to pack all the linens
she wants to kill Mme. Defarge when she gets there
16
The Victorian Period is a period of
social unrest and expansion
insularity and status quo
17
The Victorian Age is divided into ___ periods
2
3
4
6
18
Darnay's father was the ___ brother
elder
gentler
younger
19
The motto of the Revolution is
liberty, equality, fraternity, or death
liberty, fraternity, death, or equality
fraternity, liberty, equality, or death
equality, fraternity, liberty, or death
20
Lucie and Mme. Defarge are both compared to spinners
false
true
21
Sydney Carton is the
hyena
lion
eagle
jackal
22
Dickens despises
the Marquis, Mme. Defarge
Stryver, Jerry
the Marquis, Miss Pross
Stryver, the Marquis
23
Charles Darnay is put on trial ____ times
4
2
1
3
24
The Jacques who is always chewing his fingers is
Jacques One
Jacques Four
Jacques Two
Jacques Three
25
A sheep is cant (slang) for a
revolutionary
spy
janitor
traitor
26
The "Woman Question" concerned the
Middle Victorians
Late Victorians
Early Victorians
Romantics
27
The Doctor of Beauvais is
Alexandre Manette
Charles d'Aulnais
Lucie Manette
Ernest Defarge
28
The Middle Victorian Period (1848-1870) was marked by
economic decline
religious controversy
riots
security
29
The novel became the dominant form of literature in the ___ period
Romantic Era
Modern Age
Victorian Age
Baroque Age
30
Sydney Carton hates Darnay because
Darnay loves Lucie
Darnay was more successful at school
Darnay is rich
Darnay reminds him of what he could have been
31
The fate of Foulon illuminates
Mme. Defarge's empathy
the bloodthirstiness of the nobility
Mme. Defarge's cruelty
the nutritious nature of grass
32
A wine cask falls, giving us our first view of
Newgate
Beauvais
Soho
Saint Antoine
33
The Reform Bill of 1832
gave peasants the right to vote
maintained the landowners' monopoly
gave women the right to vote
gave the lower middle class the right to vote
34
The first stranger little Lucie turns to is
Jarvis Lorry
Sydney Carton
M. Defarge
Stryver
35
Dr. Manette believes he bears a charmed life in Paris
false
true
36
Alexandre Manette is imprisoned in
1767
1777
1757
1787
37
Jerry Cruncher tells Miss Pross that he hopes
his wife is flopping
Jarvis Lorry has proper papers
her brother returns her money to her
they can get to the prison on time
38
The people who storm the Bastille are compared to
an earthquake
a sea
a storm
a ship
39
___ was Darnay's servant
Roger Cly
Ernest Defarge
M. Gabelle
John Barsad
40
Bentham's Utilitarians cared about whether or not an institution was useful, which meant
it brought financial gain
it brought moral improvement
it brought happiness to the greatest numbers
it brought happiness to a few
41
Who is NOT a Victorian writer?
John Ruskin
William Wordsworth
Walter Pater
Matthew Arnold
42
Dr. Manette spent ___ years in his prison cell
20
18
15
21
43
Who is NOT a major Victorian novelist?
Charles Dickens
Anthony Trollope
George Eliot
Henry Fielding
44
Dickens shows us over and over that the revolutionaries are capable of conflicting qualities
true
false
45
The "tall joker" who writes blood on the wall is
Gaspard
Gallimard
Gaston
Gascoigne
46
The title of Book I, Recalled to Life, refers to
Dr. Manette
Lucie Manette
Jarvis Lorry
Jerry Cruncher
47
Most Victorian novels were originally published in ___ form in magazines
serial
epistolary
choral
alexandrine
48
Dr. Manette wrote an account of what happened to him in
1787
1777
1767
1757
49
Dr. Manette was imprisoned in
la Bastille
la Force
l'Abbaye
la Conciergerie
50
M. Defarge never falters in his support of his wife's vendetta
true
false
51
England becomes a center of ___ in the 19th century
banking
technology
fishing
art
52
When Dr. Manette relapses, his shoemaking tools are destroyed by
Jarvis Lorry and Jerry Cruncher
Miss Pross and Lucie
Lucie and Charles
Miss Pross and Jarvis Lorry