WorksheetsTale of Two Cities: Ch. 5-8
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 7hrs 30mins
Mr. Stryver’s rise in success as a lawyer is the result of him being a keen observer and diligent researcher.
True
False
Trick Question- Mr. Stryver is a doctor.
Sydney Carton and Mr. Stryver met as school boys.
True
False
Trick Question- Sydney Carton is actually a manfestation of Mr. Stryver's split personality. Like in Fight Club.
Characterize Sydney Carton. All of the following are true EXCEPT:
He was “incapable of his own help and his own happiness…and resigning himself to let it eat him away.”
He’d work with “knitted brows and intent face, so deep in his task.”
He was “like a great sunflower pushing its way at the sun from a rank …of companions.”
He was not unlike others of his profession in his “Bacchanalian propensities”.
How many months have passed since the trial?
3 months; the year is now 1783
24 months; the year is now 1786
12 months; the year is now 1782
4 months; the year is now 1781
Mr. Lorry visits the Manettes at their Soho residence for all of the reasons EXCEPT:
“…he often walked out, before dinner, with the Doctor and Lucie…”
“…he was accustomed to be with them as the family friend…”
He had “shrewd doubts to solve” and used his time at the Doctor’s to think
He “divined the admiration and love” of Lucie Manette
According to Miss Pross, “There never was, nor will be, but one man worthy of Ladybird, and that was ___________, if he hadn’t made a mistake in life.”
Jerry Cruncher
Mr. Lorry
Mr. Stryver
Monsieur Defarge
Solomon Pross
What does the reader infer after Darnay tells the story of the old dungeon in the Tower of London where a prisoner, before being executed, inscribed “D.I.G” and where “the ashes of a paper” mingled under the floor?
This story has some meaning to Darnay about his time awaiting his infamous treason trial.
This story has some significance to Dr. Manette based on his “ill” reaction.
Lucie is disturbed by the idea of prisoners writing on walls.
“Monseigneur, one of the great lords in power at the Court…could swallow a great many things with ease, and was by some few sullen minds supposed to be rather rapidly swallowing France; but, his morning’s chocolate could not so much as get into [his throat]…without the aid of four strong men besides the cook.”
The reader can infer that the purpose of the following passage is to…
To emphasize the waste, eminence, and sumptuous lifestyle of the aristocracy.
To argue that the Monseigneur—because of his work ethic—had deserved his wealth and power.
To prove that the aristocracy helped employ the peasants to provide income.
To make 10th grade readers fall asleep.
How does Monsieur react to being “snubbed”?
He “went out and found the first wine shop to relax his nerves.”
He “ordered for five abject prisoners to be killed.”
He “went downstairs, got into his carriage, and drove away…as if he were charging an enemy.”
He argued “ardently with the diabolic servants, the foolish makers of hot chocolate.”
“…swooping at a street corner by a fountain, one of its wheels came to a sickening little jolt…A tall man in a nightcap had caught up a bundle from among the feet of the horses, and had laid it on the basement of the fountain…”
What is the best summary of the above passage ?
The Monsieur’s carriage ran over M. Defarge’s wine cart, and the wine spilled into the streets near the tall man.
The Monsieur’s carriage was attacked by the emaciated, squalid peasants who demand more rights.
The Monsieur’s carriage carelessly ran over a small child in the streets, and a tall man picked the “bundle” (a body) off the street.
The Monsieur’s response to killing a child is…
“It is sad to me how poor you people are; think about raising standards for the good of France.”
“It is extraordinary to me that you people cannot take care of yourselves and your children…How do I know what injury you have done my horses?”
“You owe me two coins to cover the cost of repairing my coach.”
“Have you people not heard of ‘No Child Left Behind’? Grab your kids and run.”
The Monsieur throws out two coins (and one flies back at him) and then goes on to explain himself better…
“You dogs!...I would ride over any of you very willingly, and exterminate you from the earth. If I knew which rascal threw at the carriage,… he should be crushed under the wheels.”
...That's not a question.
Click this one.
Defarge’s response of “It is better for the poor little plaything to do so, than to live. It has died in a moment, without pain. Could it have lived an hour as happily?” infers
Defarge is cruel and callous.
Defarge does not care for the peasants.
Defarge realizes how awful the quality of life is for the poor.
Defarge is hoping that the Monsieur will pay a good settlement.
Important clarification:
The “Monseigneur in the Town”—the one who drinks the hot chocolate—stays in the town; he is not a major character.
“Monsieur” or “Monsieur the Marquis”—the one who runs over the boy—goes out to the country to his chateaux that is near a poor village. Now known as “the Monseigneur in the Country” or “the Marquis” or some combination.
That's not a question.
Choose this one.
Monsieur the Marquis’ traveling carriage “might have been lighter”-- Why?
because he had more luggage with him than was necessary.
because he picked up the family of the child he killed to take care of them.
because he was carrying an extra passenger under his carriage unknown to him.
because the setting sun was shining directly on the carriage.
The style device used in the following passage is “The village had its one poor street, with its poor brewery, poor tannery, poor tavern, poor stable-yard for relay of post-horses, poor fountain, all usual poor appointments” is
Polysyndenton
Asyndeton
Parallel structure
Both polysyndenton and asyndenton
Both asyndenton and parallel structure
According to the narrator, what is the main cause for the people being poor?
Drought and famine
Taxes
Traditions
The ongoing war
What can the reader infer from the passage “Few children were to be seen, and no dogs”?
The child mortality rate was high, and the people ate the dogs for food.
The children and dogs were being ignored by the cruel Marquis.
The children were all in school at the time, and the dogs were kept inside so no one would take them.
A tragic accident occurred at the invisible paint factory.
When the Marquis’ carriage stops by the fountain, he talks to _______ who tells us that he was staring at _______.
the mender of roads; the ornate carriage and the lavish decorations
Gabelle; his master who was returning from his travels
the mender of roads; the man under the carriage who “swung by the chain of the shoe”
M. Defarge; the misery of the destitute people in the countryside
What is the main motif emphasized in the mender of roads’s insight that “Monseigneur, he was whiter than the miller. All covered with dust, white as a spectre, tall as a spectre!”?
Shadows
Ghosts
The sea
Secrets
Cows
Who is Gabelle and what is his job?
Monseigneur’s postmaster; to collect taxes
Monseigneur’s servant; to serve hot chocolate
The town’s officer; to keep peace in the town for all people
The town purloiner; to keep the fountain filled
When the Marquis’ carriage stops “at the steepest point of the hill,” he encounters a woman who
“…begs his pardon for flopping against him the past weeks, blaming it on her poverty.”
“…bows, kisses his rings, and begs with servility for him to be lenient and merciful with her son.”
“…offers him companionship of the extra-friendly-type to keep his ‘shadow’ warm.”
“…petitions [for a] stone or wood, with [her] husband’s name, placed over him to show where he lies.”
Monseigneur responds to the woman near the cemetary petitioning him by
Breaking the carriage into “a brisk trot” as “the postilions quickened the pace,” leaving the woman far behind.
speaking with deference, offering her a ride “away from the pernicious village.”
yelling openly at her for her being so poor and threaten to turn her into the authorities.
offering her a copy of Dickens’ classic A Tale of Two Cities so she could read it and “become somebody.”
As he rides on to his chateaux, the Marquis is escorted by
a set of “Herculean” guards
the “Furies”
his guilt, which the narrator calls “the whisper of Remorse”
the voices of the poor peasants
The allusion to the Furies serves
to foreshadow the revenge that will catch up with the Monseigneur
as a parallel to the horses that pulled the carriage up the Dover Hill in Book 1
to symbolize the life of luxury lived by the Monseigneur
as characterization; because of the allusion, the reader can see the slightly softer side of the Monseigneur
Who is on his way to the Marquis’ chateaux?
Nobody
The poor in the town who are pleading for help and relief
Somebody named Charles
Monsieur Gabelle, the postmaster
