A Tale of Two Cities Final Revision Model Answers

Step 1: Read the PPTs to check all events and characters:

Answer these complete questions to help you remember the series of

events:

without pain concerned tosses Marquis’s

foul speeding scurry
1- The Marquis’s carriage strikes and kills a child in the streets.
2- The Marquis’s carriage has been speeding recklessly because the
marquis, in his foul mood, enjoys seeing commoners scurry out of his
way.
3- The marquis tosses a coin to the child’s father, blames the father for
not taking better care of his child.
4- The Marquis is most concerned about whether his horses have been
hurt.
5- Defarge says that it was better for the child to die quickly and
without pain.

Charles Darnay identity England retribution

poor name responsibility sympathy

6- The nobles treat the common populace as worth less than mere
animals and have no sympathy for their suffering.
7- “Drive him fast to his grave.” indicates that the marquis has been
killed in retribution [revenge] for killing the child.
8- The signature “Jacques” indicates that the revolutionary group is
taking responsibility.
9- Charles Darnay is the Marquis’s nephew who disagrees with the
family’s harsh treatment of the poor and decides to hide his name and
identity and live by his Mother’s name in England.

revolution sacrifice Anatomy foreshadow

mender of roads registered Gaspard
10- Carton asks Lucie to remember that he would gladly sacrifice his
life to save someone Lucie loves which seems to foreshadow a time
when Carton might have to sacrifice himself to save one of Lucie’s loved
ones.
11- Jerry Cruncher digs up bodies and sells them to doctors for
anatomy.
12- The mender of roads reveals that the tall man, Gaspard, the
father of the child who was killed by the Marquis’s carriage , was
captured, and executed.
13- To be ‘registered’ means that the revolutionary group has added a
name to a death list, and that he will be killed with the coming
revolution.

arrested John Barsad storm daughter

shoemaker imprisoned
14- John Barsad reveals that the new Marquis is in England, goes by
the name Charles Darnay, and is engaged to wed Dr. Manette’s
daughter.
15- After Lucie’s wedding, Dr. Manette is mentally imprisoned
believing that he is once again in the Bastille and taking up the
occupation of a shoemaker again.
16- The Defarges lead the storm against the Bastille.
17- Darnay is arrested and held in solitary confinement in La Force.
Marquis mob Marquis’s brother
grindstone pride patriots strengthened

18- A wild, bloodstained mob comes to sharpen their weapons on the

grindstone outside Tellson’s Bank in Paris.
19- Dr. Manette now sees his imprisonment as something that has
strengthened him. He feels pride in his influence and is confident he
can save Charles from execution.
20- In trial, Dr. Manette’s document stated that he was imprisoned by
the Marquis and Marquis’s brother for trying to alert authorities
about the crimes of this noble family, and Charles Darnay is imprisoned
by the patriots simply for being born to this noble family.

mender of roads relapse grave-digging proposing

Charles Darnay
21- When Dr. Manette was experiencing a relapse, he thought that he
was still in prison.
22- “I want to tell you what my real name is and explain why I am in
England.” This quotation was said by Charles Darnay.
23- “Why not change your life?” was Lucy’s gentle reply when Sydney
Carton was proposing to her.
24- Jerry Cruncher was grave-digging ‘dead bodies’ from graves to be
sold to doctors studying medicine.
25- “Gaspard was a good man, but they say he was driven mad when his
child was killed by the Marquis,” said the mender of roads.
broken Bastille shoemaking tools bleeding
storm 4 1789
26- “I don’t think you should keep them,” said Mr. Lorry firmly. Mr.
Lorry suggested that Dr Manette had to get rid of the shoemaking and
the bench to stop the relapses.
27- “I know, but Mr. Carton has a heart, which he shows very rarely. His
heart is broken. I have seen it bleeding.”
28- There was the sound of thunder from the other city, the sound of the
great storm in France and the dreadful sea that was rising on that July
evening in 1789.
29- The great towers of the Bastille stayed strong for 4 hours against
the waves of angry people.

tax collector ellipsis foreshadowing

Alexander Manette
30- There was the sound of thunder from the other city, the sound of the
great storm in France and the dreadful sea that was rising on that July
evening in 1789 …
Charles Dickens used foreshadowing and ellipsis to create a tense
atmosphere to describe the French Revolution that was about to burst.
31- Monsieur Defarge found A. M. written on the wall of 105 North
Tower in the Bastille. The letters referred to Alexander Manette.
32- Monsieur Gabelle was the tax collector who worked for The
Marquis St. Evremonde.
The Vengeance safety in secret

wood sawyer recognize La Force

33- The officer who arrested Charles Darnay in Paris made a note on a
piece of paper and handed it to Defarge. Two words were written on the
front of the paper: in secret!
34- The Prison at La Force was dark, dirty poisonous place.
35- Mme Defarge and the Vengeance went with Monsieur Defarge to
Lucie to give her a note from Charles Darney. Monsieur Defarge told Mr.
Lorry that they would recognize Lucie and her daughter’s faces for
their safety.
36- The mender of roads changed his job to be a wood sawyer whose
shop was next to La Force Prison.

prisons Equality swapping

jury relations victim

37- ‘Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, or Death’ was the slogan of the
French Revolution.
38. “Why didn’t you come to France sooner?” asked the president of the
jury. “I had no money and I had broken off all relations with my
family,” Charles replied.
39. Mme Defarge is the victim in the novel , besides being the
antagonist, because she saw how the Evremonde brothers killed her
brother, her sister, and her father.
40. “This man has no stomach for prisons!” I believe his carriage is
outside.” Sydney Carton said this to the guards after swapping places
with Charles Darnay.
information list recruit vengeance
prestige relations physical injustice

41- Monsieur Defarge’s job seems to be to recruit revolutionaries and to

gather information, while Madame Defarge is in charge of keeping the
list [register] of people to be killed when the revolution dawns.
42- Monsieur Defarge seems more interested in ending
injustice, but his wife seems more interested in violence and
vengeance.
43- The Defarges have risen to positions of high power and prestige
among the revolutionaries and seem to be able to determine who lives
and who dies.
44- Carton plans to use his physical similarity to Darnay to take his
place and die for him.

information list recruit vengeance

Marquis relations physical injustice
prestige Gabelle seamstress patriots
45- Both men are imprisoned unjustly. Dr. Manette was
imprisoned by the Marquis and his brother for trying to alert
authorities about the crimes of this noble family, and Charles Darnay is
imprisoned by the patriots simply for being born to this noble family.
46- Carton thinks of others more than himself; even facing his own
execution he seeks only to comfort a seamstress [dress maker] when he
can.
47- Darnay is distressed by a letter from Gabelle – a former servant
imprisoned for his loyalty to Darnay’s family.
denouncing [judging] Lucie x2 pity guillotine

48- The guillotine became a symbol of the French Revolution.

49- What does Monsieur Defarge claim to have found in Dr. Manette’s
cell in the Bastille? A letter denouncing [judging] Charles Darnay.
50- When Sydney Carton was in the Defarge’s wine shop, he overhears
that Mme Defarge is after Lucie, little Lucie, and Dr. Manette.
51- Madame Defarge completely lacks the virtue of pity.

Step 2
Step 2: Read the PPTs to check all events and characters:
Answer these questions to help you remember the series of
events:
1. What happens as the Marquis was travelling to his chateau?

The Marquis ran over a child while he was riding his carriage.

2. What does Defarge say to the distraught man in the

nightclothes?

M. Defarge consoled Gaspard by saying “Be brave, your poor child

died in a moment of play.”

3. What does Defarge do with the coin that the Marquis throws
to him?

M. Defarge threw the coin back at the Marquis and disappeared.

4. Who is the nephew of the Marquis?

Charles Darnay is the nephew of the Marquis.

5. How does Darnay feel about the family name?

Darnay hated his real family [St. Evremonde] as all people hated them
for being cruel, greedy. So, he was using his mother’s family name as he
didn’t want any connections with the Evremonde Family.

6. What were the letters that officers find in the cell in the
Tower of London?

The officers found three letters: D – I – G.

7. What was Jerry Cruncher’s occupation?

Jerry Cruncher was a messenger in Telson’s Bank by day and a

gravedigger by night; in addition, he was Mr. Lorry’s bodyguard.

8. Who was an example of the French peasants and he

was abused by the aristocrats?
Gaspard whom the Marquis ran down his child and killed him.

9. How many times did Dr Manette have a relapse in

Chapter 5? On what occasions?
Dr Manette had 2 relapses: the first one occurred when Charles

Darnay was proposing and insisted on revealing his real family

name and Dr Manette refused.

The second relapse took place when Lucie and Charles were on their
honeymoon and he spent 9 days working using his shoemaking tools
before coming back to his senses.
10. Madame Defarge is considered an antagonist and a victim.
Explain.

At first, we met Mme Defarge as the antagonist who wanted to kill all the
aristocrats when the French Revolution burst. Towards the end, we
learnt that the Marquis St. Evremonde and his brother – Charles dad –
were the ones who killed her sister and brother. That’s why we consider
her the antagonist and a victim at the same time.

11. What did grave diggers do?

Gravedigger would dig fresh graves, snatch the body, and sell the
bodies to medical students who used the corpses in anatomy.

12. What was Charles Darnay’s job?

Charles was a French teacher who taught French to young men

in England.

13. When was Charles Darnay added to the register?

Charles Darnay was added when an old fiend [The English Man/ John
Barsad] came to visit the Defarges and the three Jacques and revealed
that Lucie Manette was going to marry the new Marquis [Charles] after
the murder of the old Marquis.

14. What was Jerry Cruncher’s secret nighttime activity?

Jerry Cruncher was a gravedigger or a body snatcher who dug fresh

corpses and sold them to medical students to use in anatomy.
15. Who did Young Jerry Cruncher assist in Telson’s Bank?

Young Jerry used to assist a rude lawyer – Mr. Stryver – in

Telson’s Bank. Also, he was assisting his father in the messenger
job.

16. Who murdered the Marquis and why?

Gaspard – the peasant – killed the Marquis when the Marquis ran
down Gaspard’s little boy in his carriage and killed him.

17. Why did Mme. Defarge knit?

Mme Defarge was knitting the register which was a complete record
that had all the aristocrats who would be sent to the guillotine
and beheaded when the French Revolution burst.

18. Why was Lucy so silent at dinner after Charles spoke about
Carton?

Lucie thought that Carton had a broken, bleeding heart which he showed
very rarely.

19. How did Dickens describe the French Revolution?

The French Revolution was brewing [developing] which Dickens had

depicted as a great storm and a dreadful sea that was rising in July 1789.

20. Why wasn’t Mme Defarge knitting on the day of the

Revolution?

Mme Defarge wasn’t knitting on that day; she held a long knife in her
hand and there was a small gun and a shorter knife in her belt.
21. What did the Bastille officers do after 4 hours of fighting?

The soldiers fought for 4 hours but they surrendered. The Bastille had
fallen.

22. What was M. Defarge searching for when he entered the

Bastille with the mob?

M. Defarge was looking for [105 North Tower].

23. Describe 105 North Tower.

105 North Tower was a small room with a window high in one of the
walls. There was a chair, a table, and a small bed. There were two letters
on the wall: A. M. which meant Alexander Manette.

24. What did M. Defarge find in the wall of 105 North Tower?

Defarge searched the room and found a document in the wall.

25. What did Mme. Defarge do after killing Foulon? Why?

Mme. Defarge cut off his head with her long knife. Mme. Defarge was
taking revenge for the pain Foulon caused to people by saying that they
could eat grass when they were starving.

26. Who was The Vengeance?

The grocer's wife. Turned vicious by the Revolution, she became

Madame Defarge's main companion.

27. Who was Foulon?

Foulon was one of the rich people who refused to help the hungry poor
and suggested that they could eat grass when they were hungry.

28. Who was Gabelle?

Gabelle was the manager of the Marquis’ St. Evremonde estate and the
tax-collector.

29. Who were East, West, South, and North?

Four characters were presented; East, West, South and North who set
fire in the late Marquis’s villa to the ground.

30. What did Gabelle do after being imprisoned by the mob?

He wrote a letter to Darnay.

31. Why was Charles arrested and sent to La Force Prison?

On the day Charles left for Paris, a law was passed declaring death to any
emigrant who returned to France.

32. Why did Mme Defarge want to see little Lucie?

Mme Defarge wanted to see the child because the child had to be
sentenced to death as the Marquis’s grandniece.

33. How did the mob honour Dr. Manette for being an ex-
prisoner in the Bastille?
The mob made him the official prison doctor for three prisons.

34. How long had Charles spent in La Force Prison?

Charles had spent 1 year and three months.

35. Why did Carton go to Defarge’s wine shop?

He wants people to know that there is someone in Paris who looks like
Darnay.

36. What are Madame Defarge and Defarge arguing over?

Defarge wanted the killing to end with Charles, but Madame Defarge
wanted all his line (little Lucie) killed because it was her family that the
Marquis destroyed and then threw the Doctor into prison.

37. Why is Madame Defarge so merciless towards Charles and

his family?

Because it was her family that the Marquis destroyed and then threw the
Doctor into prison.

38. What papers does Carton give Mr. Lorry to hold?

Carton gave Lorry his traveling papers along with the Doctor’s, Lucie’s,
and little Lucie’s.

39. Why does Carton instruct Lorry to be prepared to leave the

next day? What do you think is Carton’s plan?
He told Lorry to prepare to get them out of the country tomorrow
because Madame Defarge intended to charge them with taking part in a
prison plot.

40. How does Carton get Charles to go along with his plan?

He drugged him and exchanged clothes.

41. How does Carton get Charles out of prison?

He took Darnay’s place after drugging him and exchanging clothes with
him. He told the guards to take Darnay to his carriage.

42. How is Carton going to keep the promise he made to Lucie

years before?

By sacrificing himself for Lucie and her child, and that was how it ended:
kind of sad but hopeful and good.

43. What does Carton foretell for Charles and Lucie, and how
does their future bring honour to his name?

Carton foretold that Charles and Lucie would live happily ever after
together with little Lucie and their son Sydney who would go on to make
his name respected.

44. What’s your impression on Sydney Carton when he was

proposing to Lucie?
I firmly believe that Sydney was weak, passive, and pathetic because he
thought that it was too late to change his character. When he said: “save
me from myself…” showed me that he believed that he needed someone
else to fix his life.

45. Do you think that Jerry Cruncher felt that he had raised his
son to be a righteous [good] citizen? Why?
I firmly believe that Jerry was shocked for a good reason. Jerry had
realised that his son was looking up to him and wanted to follow his
steps in life. However, he hadn’t raised a doctor or a priest; instead, he
had raised a body snatcher [corpse stealer] – nothing to be proud of.

46. The only time Charles was afraid, was when he came to the
town of Beauvais. He arrived in the evening, and the streets
were full of people. “Aristocrat! Aristocrat!” the people called.
What was the new law that was passed after the revolution?

A new law had been passed: everything belonging to aristocrats now

belonged to the state, all aristocrats were to leave France forever and all
who returned were to be put to death.
Step 3

Step 3: Answer these comment questions by stating: who – to whom –

where – when and why was the quotation said.

1. “Drive him fast to his grave.”

This was written on the note left with the murdered body of the Marquis.
When Gaspard murdered the Maquis for running over his child and
killed him.
2. “Be brave, your poor child died in a moment of play.”

Monsieur Defarge said this to Gaspard. When the Marquis ran over his
child, so M. Defarge consoled Gaspard by telling him that the child died
without pain.

3. “It’s like the echoes of footsteps of people coming into our

lives.”
This quotation was said firstly by Miss Pross when she was complaining
to Mr. Lorry about all the men who were interested in marrying Lucie
Manette.

Secondly, it was said by Lucie Manette to Sydney Carton while

commenting on the footsteps of the people getting shelter from the rain.

4. “Dozens. No, hundreds.”

This quotation was said by Miss Pross when she was complaining to Mr.
Lorry about all the men who were interested in marrying Lucie Manette.
She answered using this quotation when Mr. Lorry asked her about the
number.

5. “I love her. She doesn’t know this, yet. I haven’t told her and
I’ve never written to her, but I love her.”
Who: Charles Darnay. To whom: Dr Manette

Occasion: When Charles went to propose to Lucie and ask her father to
marry her.

6. “Why not change your life?”

Who: Lucie. To whom: Sydney Carton.
Occasion: When Carton was confessing his love to Lucie and asked her to
love him so she could help him in his terrible life. Lucie asked him if he
could change his life but he answered that it was too late for him.

7. “Why do people take bodies from cemeteries?”

Who: Jerry Cruncher Junior. To whom: Jerry Cruncher the father.

Occasion: After witnessing his father digging a body and didn’t know
why his father would do something like that.

8. “Gaspard was a good man, but they say he was driven mad
when his child was killed…”
Who: The mender of roads. To whom: M. Defarge, Mme Defarge, the
three Jacques in St. Antoine café.

Occasion: The mender of roads was narrating what he heard in the

village about Gaspard’s death and he thought that the Defarges and the
Jacques didn’t know that.

9. “He’s the new Marquis St. Evremonde…”

Who: The English man. To whom: The Defarges and the three
Jacques in the café.

Occasion: The English man was an old friend who came to visit and was
enquiring about Dr Manette and Lucie and he mentioned that Charles –
The new Marquis – was marrying Lucie.

10. “tell me on your wedding day…”

Who: Dr Manette. To whom: Charles Darnay.
Occasion: When Charles insisted on revealing his real family name Dr
Manette refused to listen and told him to reveal his real family name on
the wedding day.

11. “Charles, Charles is here in Paris.”

Lucie Manette said this quotation to Mr. Lorry when Lucie, Dr. Manette
and Little Lucie went to France after reading Darnay’s letters about
saving Gabelle.

12. “I beg you to come to Paris and speak for me.”

Gabelle said this quotation to Darnay in the letter he sent to England
after being imprisoned for working as a tax-collector for the Evremonde.

13. “I’ve been a prisoner in the Bastille.”

Dr. Manette said this quotation to Mr. Lorry when Mr. Lorry asked Dr.
Manette not to look out of the window and see the grindstone. Mr. Lorry
was worried that Dr. Manette would be imprisoned but Dr. Manette
assured him that being a former prisoner in the Bastille would save him.

14. “We have seen so many women suffer.”

Mme Defarge said this quotation to Mr. Lorry when she, Monsieur
Defarge and the Vengeance went with Mr. Lorry to see Lucie and give
him the letter from Darnay.

15. “Why didn’t you come back to France sooner.”

The president of the jury said this quotation to Darnay in his trial. The
president of the jury wanted to know where Darnay was when he wasn’t
performing his duties as the new Marquis.
16. “I had broken off all relations with my family.”
Darnay said this quotation to the president of the jury in his trial. Darnay
said this answer to the question of why Darnay didn’t come back to
France sooner and Darnay assured the president of the jury that he had
ended all relationship with his family [The Evremonde]

17. “On whose orders have you come here?”

Dr, Manette said this quotation to the men sent by M. and Mme Defarge
to arrest Darnay again after being freed after his second trial.

18. “I am not a traitor.”

Darnay said this quotation to the people who were shouting: “Aristocrat!
Aristocrat!” at the gates of Beauvais. Darnay was assuring them that he
wasn’t a traitor but a French citizen who didn’t cause any harm to any
French citizen.