A Tale of Two Cities (WARN)

Question 1

Who represents the cruel, unfeeling French nobility?

Accepted Answer

Marquis St. Evremonde

Question 2

What happened on July 14, 1789?

Accepted Answer

Bastille stormed/beginning of Fr Revolution

Question 3

Which pair of characters is an illustration of the literary term foil?

Accepted Answer

Charles and Sydney, Madame DeFarge and Miss Pross

Question 4

Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton are examples of which of the following terms?

Accepted Answer

duality, doppleganger, foil

Question 5

Who is a resurrection man?

Accepted Answer

Jerry Cruncher

Question 6

Who were the kings of France and England during this time?

Accepted Answer

George III and Louis XVI

Question 7

What is the name of the fort stormed by the revolutionaries?

Accepted Answer

the Bastille

Question 8

What was the London courtroom (scene of Darnay's trial) called?

Accepted Answer

Old Bailey

Question 9

Which character is NOT an example of the theme of resurrection?

Accepted Answer

Mr. Lorry

Question 10

Who is a man of business?

Accepted Answer

Jarvis Lorry

Question 11

Who is Lucie's caregiver who has been with her many years?

Accepted Answer

Miss Pross

Question 12

Who owns the wine shop and thinks his wife has gone too far when she wants to kill the Lucies?

Accepted Answer

Ernest DeFarge

Question 13

What is the dance called which terrified Lucie?

Accepted Answer

Carmagnole

Question 14

What type of document put Dr. Manette in prison for 18 years?

Accepted Answer

lettre de cachet

Question 15

What is the period of the Revolution called when many people were killed by the guillotine?

Accepted Answer

Reign of Terror

Question 16

Who frightens Lucie and Little Lucie by pretending to behead pieces of wood?

Accepted Answer

mender of roads

Question 17

Who was buried alive for 18 years?

Accepted Answer

Alexandre Manette

Question 18

Who writes "blood" on the wall, has a child killed, and murders the killer?

Accepted Answer

Gaspard

Question 19

In what year does the novel open?

Accepted Answer

1775

Question 20

What is 105 North Tower?

Accepted Answer

Dr. Manette's cell's location

Question 21

What was forty feet high?

Accepted Answer

the gallows for Gaspard, the flames of the burning chateau

Question 22

In the novel, what is the name given to Madame DeFarge's knitted, coded list of who is to die?

Accepted Answer

the Register

Question 23

Who is a loud, arrogant lawyer who wants to marry Lucie?

Accepted Answer

Stryver

Question 24

The two cities referred to in the title are what?

Accepted Answer

London and Paris

Question 25

What is the name of the follower of Madame DeFarge who calls for her at Carton's execution?

Accepted Answer

the Vengeance

Question 26

What person had been a servant to Charles Darnay?

Accepted Answer

Cly

Question 27

What is the name of the place where the wine shop is?

Accepted Answer

St. Antoine

Question 28

Who testifies against Charles, is a spy for France & England, & helps get Sydney out of prison?

Accepted Answer

John Barsad

Question 29

Whose burial and rock-filled coffin supports the theme of death and resurrection?

Accepted Answer

Roger Cly

Question 30

Who was one of the reasons Charles Darnay returned to France?

Accepted Answer

Gabelle

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