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THE SHOEMAKER OF PARIS

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the source of the story ?

a)

A tale of two cities

b)

A tale of three cities

c)

a tale of three cities simplified by Sraboni Ghose

d)

a tale two cities simplified by Sraboni Ghose

2.

Name the year of incident ?

a)

1776

b)

1775

c)

1774

d)

1778

3.

What was the poorest district of Paris ?

a)

France

b)

St. Antoine

c)

St. Germain

4.

ON which day was laughter in the poorest district of paris ?

a)

one bright november day

b)

one dull october day

c)

one dull november day

d)

one dull september day

5.

Who was owner of the wine shop ?

a)

Madame Defarge

b)

Monsieur Defarge

c)

Lucy Manette

d)

Jarvis Lorry

6.

What was the name of the tall , thin man ?

a)

Jarvis Lorry

b)

Monsieur Defarge

c)

Gaspard

d)

Dr. Manette

7.

What was madame Defarge doing when Defarge went back to his wine shop ?

a)

knitting

b)

sewing

c)

placing wine bottles

d)

serving the strangers

8.

What was the age of Madame Defarge ?

a)

About 25

b)

about 30

c)

about 32

d)

about 34

9.

How was defarge related to Lucy's father ?

a)

he gave her father bottles of wine in place of money

b)

he was the cook of her father

c)

he was the sevant of her father

d)

none of the above

10.

Why had Jarvis and Lorry came to Monsieur Defarge ?

a)

to take away Dr. manette

b)

to see dr. manette

c)

to purchase some botles of wine

d)

they came to give barrel of wines to Monsieur Defarge

11.

Where was Dr. Manette ?

a)

across the courtyard then at the third floor

b)

across the wine shop in a small room

c)

in the wine shop above some steep stairs

d)

across the courtyard then some steep stairs

12.

Who were looking through the cracks ?

a)

three unknown men

b)

two men

c)

two men who were the friend's of Monsieur Defarge

d)

three men who were the friend of Monsieur defarge

13.

what did Jarvis Lorry said when he saw the men standing on the door ?

a)

he shouted , go away from here

b)

he said to Monsieur , are you making a public show of Dr. manette

c)

is Dr. Manette entertaining people

d)

he said nothing

14.

Who was at the other end of the room ?

a)

a man bending low over a Shoemaker's bench

b)

a man sitting towards the door who was facing towards the window from were little light was coming

c)

a man who had lomg white hair which was as white as snow , his clothes hung like rugs from his thin shoulders

d)

all of the above

15.

what was the reaction of the person , who was looking at the people drinking wine ?

a)

he felt pity for the people who created that misery

b)

he felt pity for the poor people and anger for the rich who caused that misery

c)

he got angry on the people who were drinking that wine

d)

none of the above

16.

Who were the two strangers sitting in the wine shop ?

a)

Lucy manette , Dr. manette

b)

Lucy manette , Jarvis Lorry

c)

Monsieur Defarge , Madame Defarge

d)

Monsieur Defarge , Jarvis Lorry

17.

What Defarge did when he got to know that Lucy was Dr. Manette's daughter ?

a)

he kissed the hand of the lady

b)

he offered the most expensive wine of his shop

c)

he went down on knees and kissed the hand of the young lady with great respect

d)

he took Lucy to Dr. Manette

18.

For how many years was Dr. Manette in prison ?

a)

17

b)

18

c)

12

d)

11

19.

For how many years was Dr. Manette in prison ?

a)

17

b)

18

c)

12

d)

11

20.

A _______ had run all over the road . ( fill in the blank )

a)

A bottle of wine

b)

a barrel full of red mud

c)

a barrel full of oil

d)

a barrel full of red wine

21.

A _______ had run all over the road . ( fill in the blank )

a)

A bottle of wine

b)

a barrel full of red mud

c)

a barrel full of oil

d)

a barrel full of red wine

22.

How were the people in St. Antoine ?

a)

happy , rich , calm

b)

hungry, ragged , depressed

c)

ragged, hungry , desperate

d)

rich , angry , depressed

23.

How did the miserable people drank wine ?

a)

dipped rags into wine

b)

collected wine into their hands ; fell on their knees and drank like dogs

c)

none of the above

d)

first two on the above