A Tale of Two Cities – Book One Assessment
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Read each of the following questions carefully, and then select the most correct answer.
1. Dickens’ opening statement, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” is an example of what typeof device?
a) metaphorb) allusionc) apostrophed) paradox
2. Dickens speaks of these two commoners of the Third Estate to foreshadow the coming of the Revolution:
a) the woodman and the farmerb) the grave-digger and the harvester
c) the messenger and the knife-grinderd) the smith and the farmer
3. These above mentioned commoners are symbolic of:
a) fate and deathb) life and deathc) fear and deathd) revenge and death
4. The title “Two Cities” of this tale refer to:
a) Dover and Londonb) Paris and St. Antoine
c) England and Franced) London and Paris
5. A travel coach is called
a) the mufflerb) the garretc) the maild) none of these
6. Mr. Jarvis Lorry works here:
a) The Dover Innb) The London Noak Bank
c) Tellson’s Bankd) Temple Bar Bank
7. The scene and events of Chapters 2 and 3 of Book One help to establish
a) light imageryb) the symbolism of blood
c) the character of Lucie Manetted) the themes of deception and mistrust
8. Dickens uses humour in describing Jerry Cruncher, specifically when describing this feature:
a) his excessively large noseb) his crossed eyes
c) his spiky haird) his oversized, awkward feet
9. On his journey to Dover, Mr. Lorry dreams about:
a) the bank and digging someone out of a graveb) a ferry ride with a young blond girl
c) a screaming madman locked behind prison bars d) the bank and a tunnel the winds down, down, down, deep into the ground
10. Both while he is conscious and unconscious on his journey to Dover, this number figures prominently in Mr. Lorry’s thoughts:
a) 7b) 18c) 3d) 21
11. The colour and word best associated with Mr. Lorry is:
a) blue; diligentb) black; mysteryc) grey; truthd) brown; business
12. Miss Manette’s reaction to Mr. Lorry’s news about her father
a) incessant sobbingb) silent faintingc) overwhelming joyd) disbelief and anger
13. The atmosphere when the wine is spilt in street in St. Antoine was:
a) friendlyb) panickedc) chaoticd) dangerous
14. One man uses the wine to write this word on a wall:
a) DEATHb) HUNGERc) BLOODd) REBEL
15. The wine-shop owner is named:
a) Beauvaisb) Deveauxc) Manetted) Defarge
16. The wine-shop owner’s wife occupies her time with this craft:
a) knittingb) sewingc) patch-workd) ribbon-making
17. While she is busy occupying her hands with this craft, the wine-shop owner’s wife:
a) “listens intently”b) “sees nothing”c) “dozes off”d) “watches for rebels”
18. The “shoemaker”, having been imprisoned for so long, believes his name is:
a) Prisoner Thirteenb) Shoemaker Six, Zero, Nine
c) One Hundred and Five, North Towerc) Mr. Shoemaker
19. The shoemaker carries this memento from his past:
a) strands of hairb) a letterc) a pink buttond) a piece of ribbon
20. Before leaving for London, the shoemaker asks for this to be retrieved from the garret:
a) a keyb) a diaryc) a letterd) shoes and tools
Bonus question: Upon meeting the Mam’selle, Mr. Lorry describes himself as this unfeeling object more than once
- ______