A Tale of Two Cities Quizzes

A Tale of Two Cities Quiz 1

By Rachel Nolan · Edited by Adam Kissel · Last reviewed February 26, 2006

1 Which two cities does the title refer to?

London and Paris

Paris and Berlin

London and Liverpool

London and Rome
2 Mr. Lorry is a

solicitor

banker

mail-coach driver

barrister
3 What is the message that Mr. Lorry sends via the messenger from Tellson's Bank?

"recalled to life"

"abort mission"

"continue as planned"

"turn around"
4 Who delivers the message to Mr. Lorry?

Jerry Cruncher

Sydney Carton

Mr. Stryver

Dr. Manette
5 What does Mr. Lorry tell Lucie Manette?

She is to be tried for treason

She has inherited a large sum of money

Her father is still alive

She is his daughter
6 How long was Doctor Manette imprisoned in the Bastille?

18 years

a day

25 years

8 years
7 What does Gaspard write on the wall in wine and mud?

his name

i am hungry

wine

blood
8 What is the name that Defarge called himself and the other revolutionaries?

Jacques

Henri

Jann

Baptiste
9 What hobby did Dr. Manette pick up in prison?

blacksmithing

novel-writing

knitting

shoemaking
10 In what year does this novel begin?

1793

1783

1775

1767
11 What is Charles Darnay tried for in England?

robbery

petty theft

treason

murder
12 Why is Darnay acquitted?

he resembles Carton

he proves that he is not French

he has a brilliant defense lawyer

he has an alibi
13 Which gentleman does not want to marry Lucie?

Mr. Lorry

Mr. Stryver

Charles Darnay

Sydney Carton
14 Where do Darnay and Carton go together after the trial?

Paris

the Thames

the Manettes' house

a tavern
15 Where in London do the Manettes live?

Kensington

Whitefriars

Fleet Street

Soho
16 What does Miss Pross call Lucie Manette?

"daughter"

"sweetheart"

"my Ladybird"

"a golden-haired doll"
17 What is the most noticeable feature of the Manettes' house?

the musty smell

its proximity to Temple Bar

the sunniness of the front room

the resounding echoes from the street
18 How many books is the novel divided into?

seven

three

two

five
19 What does Lucie think the echoes in her house mean?

people are coming to intrude in her family's life

the walls are too thin

she should shut her front door

Soho is urbanizing very fast
20 What does "Monseigneur" mean?

"the man"

"the king"

"my man"

"my lord"
21 What does not happen on the Marquis's way home in his carriage?

he stops for a meal

he refuses to erect a gravestone for a woman's husband

he gives Defarge a coin

he runs over a little boy
22 Monseigneur is

Lucie's husband

Charles Darnay's uncle

Charles Darnay's father

Dr. Manette's brother
23 Charles Darnay does not

renounce his aristocratic title

help tumble the Bastille

get persecuted by the French lower class

sympathize with the peasants's plight
24 Monseigneur is murdered by

Mr. Lorry

someone who calls himself Jacques

Dr. Manette

Charles Darnay
25 Charles Darnay's moonlighting profession is

street cleaner

"resurrection-man"

lawyer

teacher

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