ATOTC: Reading Check (Completion of Text)

How does Sydney Carton get access to the prison?

• He begs Mr. Lorry for the key
• He sneaks in after dark
• He blackmails Solomon Pross
• He gives the prison guard more than half of his life's savings

What event does Madame Defarge enjoy watching regularly?

• The spilling of wine casks
• The local cricket matches
• The symphony orchestra of the Bastille
• The execution of aristocrats by the guillotine

Which character makes the following bold statement: "Then tell wind and fire where to stop... but don't tell me."

• Ernest Defarge
• Therese Defarge
• Alexandre Manette
• Sydney Carton

Why does Syndey Carton want the Manettes, Mr. Lorry, and Miss Pross to leave Paris?

• He is worried they will try to attack La Force
• He is worried Madame Defarge will come after them once Charles is put to death
• He knows that without Charles's income, they will not be able to afford to live in Paris any more
• He despises them, and he wants to be rid of them after so many years of torment

What crime could Charles's loved ones be guilty of once his execution has been carried out?

• mourning for a victim of the guillotine
• being an aristocrat
• using the St. Evremonde fortune to buy supplies for the anti-revolution movement
• speaking the name of Charles St. Evremonde in public

How does Charles escape La Force?

• Carton drugs him, swaps clothes with him, and has him carried out on an emergency stretcher
• He bribes the jailers with a share of the St. Evremonde family fortune
• Dr. Manette offers to take his place
• An attack on La Force breaks down the walls of the prison cells, allowing Charles and other prisoners to flee

What does Carton have Charles do upon his visit to La Force?

• Agree to let Sydney marry Lucie after Charles's death
• Spit in the face of Madame Defarge as she passes by
• Stack the fallen rubble of the jail cell into a makeshift staircase to allow them to both escape
• Write a goodbye letter to Lucie

Which of the following characters does NOT leave in the coach with Lucie?

• Dr. Manette
• Little Lucie
• Miss Pross
• Charles Darnay

How does Madame Defarge meet her doom?

• Her gun went off in a struggle
• She was captured, imprisoned, and then guillotined by the patriots of the anti-revolution movement
• She fell from a very tall building while trying to capture Charles Darnay in the rubble of La Force
• Doom is the name of her bloodhound, she acquired him from a raid on an aristocrat hideout

What does the word "illustrious" mean?

• drawn by hand
• well known and very distinguished
• evil or wicked
• it is a type of flower