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Why are the drivers of the Dover mail coach hesitant to stop for Jerry Cruncher’s message?
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”?
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?
Jacques
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During her testimony, to whom does Lucie claim that Charles Darnay alluded on the boat ride from Calais to Dover?
George Washington
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After Darnay’s acquittal, why does Sydney Carton claim to dislike him?
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?
A jackal
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What image does Dickens frequently use to describe Lucie Manette?
A golden thread
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Which characters is related to the Marquis, whose carriage runs down a small child?
Charles Darnay
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Who does Miss Pross believe is the ideal suitor for Lucie Manette?
Her brother, Solomon
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What does Mr. Lorry try to persuade Mr. Stryver not to do?
Propose to Lucie Manette
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What does Jerry Cruncher frequently go out to do at night?
Dig up bodies in the cemetery
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Who informs the Defarges that Lucie Manette has married Charles Darnay?
John Barsad
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On the night after Lucie and Charles are married, what does Doctor Manette do?
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?
Madame Defarge
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Why does the Paris mob kill Foulon?
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?
Nine days
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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?
A wood-sawyer
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Who does the spy John Barsad turn out to be?
Miss Pross’ brother, Solomon
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Why was Doctor Manette imprisoned
The Marquis Evrémonde feared that Manette would reveal one of the Marquis’ dark secrets.
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Which two cities does the title refer to?
London and Paris
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Mr. Lorry profesion is
banker
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What is the message that Mr. Lorry receives?
"recalled to life"
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Who delivers the message to Mr. Lorry?
Jerry Cruncher
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What does Mr. Lorry tell Lucie Manette?
Her father is still alive
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How long was Doctor Manette imprisoned in the Bastille?
18 years
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What does Gaspard write on the wall in wine and mud?
blood
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In what year does this novel begin?
1775
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What is Charles Darnay tried for in England?
treason
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Why is Darnay acquitted?
he resembles Carton
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Where do Darnay and Carton go together after the trial?
a tavern
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Where in London do the Manettes live?
Soho
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Monseigneur is
Charles Darnay's uncle
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Monseigneur is murdered by
someone who calls himself Jacques
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Charles Darnay's moonlighting profession is
teacher
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Why does Darnay return to France and get imprisioned again
To help his family's steward, who is in prison
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What is Madame Defarge knitting?
A register of people who will be condemned to die after the revolutin.
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Who does the spy John Basard turn out to be?
Miss Pross's brother, Solomon
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How does Carton get Charles out prison?
He drugs Charles and switch places with him
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What type of reception does Charles receive in France?
He was thrown in jail
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Who led the charge of the Bastille?
The Defarges
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What cell number was M. Defarge looking for?
Cell 105 in the north tower
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Was Roger Cly's body in the coffin?
No, it was filled with rocks
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Why does Carton rescue Darnay?
Because he loves Lucie, and he made a promise to her
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Lucie Manette
has golden hair and is daughter of a physician
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Roger Cly
a spy who is supposed to be dead
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Charles Darnay
husband to Lucie and renounces his family name of Evremonde
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Madam Defarge
cruel revolutionay who knits names of those who will die
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Monsieur Defarge
wine shop owner
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What is the Bastille
famous prison where Dr. Manette was held in for 18 years
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Jarvis Lorry
an elderly business man who works for the Tellson's Bank. He took Lucie over to England from France, becomes the Manettes' close friend
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John Barsad
English spy / Solomon Pross
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The Vengeance
Madame Defarge's lieutenant
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Miss Pross
Lucie's friend and servant
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Mr. Stryver
Sydney Carton's attorney
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Gabelle
asks Charles Darnay to come to France
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King of England during the novel
George III
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Sydney Carton
looks like Darnay, alcoholic, saves Darnay's life, is in love with Lucie
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Jerry Cruncher
An odd-job man for Tellson’s Bank, who is also a resurection man
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Who gets mad at his wife for praying
Jerry Cruncher
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What does jerry cruncher call himself
An Honest tradesman
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who is the tellsons bank messenger
Jerry Cruncher
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What is Gabelle occupation
postmaster
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what is the message that Mr. Lorry recieves in the beginning of the book
Wait at dover for mam'selle
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what is the responce to the message that Mr. Lorry recieves in the beginning of the book
recalled to life
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what event did the spilling of wine foreshadow
the french revolution
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