A Tale of Two Cities Book 1 Review

A Tale of Two Cities Book 1 Review

HAVE YOUR NOTES FROM CLASS OUT TO ANSWER THE UPCOMING QUESTIONS...​

Multiple Choice

How does Mr. Lorry feel about the Manettes?

• He cares about them

• He is annoyed by them

• He sees them as business associates

• He is jealous of them

Mr. Lorry is a serious and business-oriented man. He tries to stifle his emotional attachment to the Manettes by repeating this phrase.

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"A Matter of Business"

Multiple Choice

When Mr. Lorry says "recalled to life," he refers to...

• Digging up a grave

• Freeing someone from prison

• Resurrecting someone from death

• A code word for the revolution

​This phrase is used because the situation is similar to a resurrection.

Conditions of French prisons were so poor, people often went insane.​

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Being in French prison for 18 years, Dr. Manette's release is similar to being "recalled to life".

"Recalled to life"

Multiple Choice

Who gives Mr. Lorry the message to which he responds "recalled to life?"

• Lucie Manette

• Dr. Manette

• Jerry Cruncher

• Monsieur Defarge

Open Ended

How does Lucie Manette change from the beginning of Book the First to the end?

​Taking care of Dr. Manette strengthened Lucie.​

Caretaker to her father

Multiple Choice

What is the significance of Madame Defarge's cough? (39)

• It tells the reader she's chronically ill

• It foreshadows her upcoming death

• It's a secret communication to Monsieur Defarge

• It scares customers away from the wine shop

Multiple Choice

True or False:

Monsieur Defarge and his friends are all named "Jacques"

• True

• False

​Knits in the wine shop and watches who comes in. Indicates to Mon. Defarge when revolutionaries are in.​

Madame Defarge

​Owns the wine shop and organizes French revolutionaries​.

Monsieur Defarge

​Nickname for Monsieur Defarge and his revolutionist friends.​

"Jacques"

​Represents "Fate"

• Woodman cuts the planks for the guillotine. ​

​​The Woodman

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Represents "Death"

• Farmer "harvests" the souls being sent to the ​guillotine.

​​The Farmer

Multiple Choice

What two literary devices does Dickens employ with the wine cask scene?

• Simile & Metaphor

• Oxymoron & Parallel Structure

• Hyperbole & Euphemism

• Symbolism & Foreshadowing

1. The wine symbolizes the blood that will be spilt in the streets​.

2. Since the blood hasn't been spilt yet, it is being foreshadowed.

Symbolism & Foreshadowing