Contemporary Literature M.

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A tale of Two Cities

1. Who is a manager at Tellson's Bank?

Jarvis Lorry

2. Who believed that she was an orphan?

Lucie Manette

3. Who records the atrocities of the aristocracy with her knitting?

Madame Defarge

4. Who sacrifices his own life to save the husband of the woman he loves?

Sydney Carton

5. Who is Lucie's nurse?

Miss Pross

6. Who moonlighted as a grave robber?

Jerry Cruncher

7. Whose husband beats her for praying or as he calls it "flopping"?

Mrs. Cruncher

8. Who considered marrying Lucie Manette and employed Sydney Carton

C.J. Stryver

9. Who was imprisoned for almost eighteen years in the Bastille

Doctor Manette

10. Who did Lucie Manette marry?

Charles Darnay

11. This book is about which two cities, in which century?

Paris and London (18th century)

12. What was the name of the man who brought Lucie Manette to her father in
Defarge's wine shop?

Mr. Lorry
13. What did Mr. Cruncher's son find his father doing one night?

opening a coffin

14. What did Mrs. Cruncher do that made Mr. Cruncher furious?

prayed

15. What are the famous first lines?

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"

16. It was the age of wisdom but it was also the age of ………………….…….

Foolishness

17. Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton are in love with …………………………….

Lucie Manette

18. Who is the author of the book A Tale Two Cities?

Charles Dickens

19. What affectionate nickname did Miss Pross have for Lucie?

Ladybird

20. What hobby did a large majority of the women of St. Antoine have?

knitting

21. Where did Mr. Lorry work?

Tellsons Bank

22. What is the name of Miss Pross' brother?

Solomon

23. ………………………… is Darnay's uncle. An immoral, cruel man, he runs down a child with
his carriage and is later murdered by the child's father.

Marquis St. Evrémonde

24. The quote "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done" is
attributed to what famous Dickens character? (Sydney Carton)

25. In which prison was Charles Darnay held? (La Force)

Characters List for A Tale of Two Cities
1. Dr. Alexandre Manette

Dr. Manette was imprisoned at the Bastille for 18 years before the French
Revolution. His crime? He knew too much about the actions of the St. Evrémonde
family.

He is the father of Lucie Manette.

During the long years of his imprisonment, he made shoes.

2. Lucie Manette

Lucie is the beautiful daughter of Doctor Manette. While her father was imprisoned,
she believed herself to be an orphan. She marries Charles Darnay. She is also loved
by Sydney Carton.

3. Charles Darnay

Charles is a French exile living England. (Darnay renounces his family name of St.
Evrémonde and moves to England.) He marries Lucie Darnay. Later he returns to
France to make amends for his family’s crimes. He is imprisoned and eventually
sentenced to death. He is saved from death by Sydney Carton.

4. Sydney Carton

Sydney is a lawyer with a fondness for strong drink. He meets the love of his life in
Lucie (Manette) Darnay. He also bears a strong resemblance her husband, Charles.

5. Jarvis Lorry – Jarvis Lorry is a manager at Tellson’s Bank. He becomes a very

good friend Dr. Manette as well as Charles and Lucie Darnay.

6. Jeremy (Jerry) Cruncher – Jerry is the porter at Tellson’s Bank. On the side he
makes money as a grave robber. He beats his wife for praying or as he calls it
“flopping.”
7. Ernest Defarge – A wine shop owner and a leader in the French Revolution. He is
the husband of Therese Defarge. He formerly worked as a servant for Doctor
Manette.

8. Therese Defarge – The wife of Ernest Defarge and an eager partner in the
French Revolution. She records the names of her enemies with her knitting.

9. Marquis St. Evrémonde -The uncle of Charles Darnay. The Marquis is so uncaring
that after his carriage runs over and kills a child, he’s more concerned about his
horses than the child.

10. Miss Pross – Lucie Manette’s nurse and companion.

11. C. J. Stryver – Sydney Carton’s employer. Stryver is Darnay's defense attorney

in England and aspires briefly to marry Lucie.

12. Roger Cly – Former servant of Charles Darnay who testifies against him at
Darnay’s trial for treason. Cly fakes his own death and later surfaces as a spy and
informer. A police spy in England who faked his own funeral. He appears later as a
prison spy in revolutionary France.

13. John Barsad, or Solomon Pross - A police spy in England who becomes a spy in
revolutionary France. Recognized as Miss Pross' brother, he is forced to help Carton
save Darnay.

14. The Seamstress – A young woman sentenced to death. She and Sydney Carton
comfort one another on the way to the guillotine.