Tale of Two Cities Test - Books 1 and 2

Question 1

epoch

Answer 1

A period of time

Question 2

Superlative

Answer 2

Of the highest quality

Question 3

Retinue

Answer 3

A group of advisers or assistants

Question 4

Tremulous

Answer 4

Shaking or quivering slightly

Question 5

Doleful

Answer 5

Expressing Sorrow; Mournful

Question 6

Inexorable

Answer 6

Impossible to stop or prevent

Question 7

Unfathomable

Answer 7

Incapable of being fully explored

Question 8

Admonish

Answer 8

Warn or reprimand firmly

Question 9

Loiter

Answer 9

Stand or waiting around with no purpose

Question 10

Sonorous

Answer 10

Imposingly deep and full

Question 11

Evanescence

Answer 11

Event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight

Question 12

Gravity

Answer 12

Extreme or alarming importance

Question 13

Stolid

Answer 13

Calm dependable and showing little emotion

Question 14

Pecuniary

Answer 14

Of, relating to, or consisting of money

Question 15

Oblivion

Answer 15

That state of being unaware or unconscious

Question 16

Dispersal

Answer 16

The action of process of distributing things or people over a large area

Question 17

Tempest

Answer 17

A violent wind storm

Question 18

Deplorable

Answer 18

Deserving strong condemnation

Question 19

Spectral

Answer 19

One of or like a ghost

Question 20

Inscrutable

Answer 20

Impossible to understand or interpret

Question 21

What year does the book begin?

Answer 21

1775

Question 22

What are a few element of “Dickensian Style?’

Answer 22

Alliteration
High Vocab
Metaphor
Humor

Question 23

What does Tellson’s Bank characterize Jarvis Lorry as?

Answer 23

Stubborn - Professional

Question 24

What advantage does Tellson’s bank have to the public?

Answer 24

Able to travel between London and Paris

Question 25

What are some characteristics of Lucie?

Answer 25

Blonde Hair
Blue Eyes
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Question 26

What prior history do Lorry and Lucy have?

Answer 26

Jarvis brought Lucie home from French orphanage

Question 27

What happens outside on the street in Paris?

Answer 27

Wine falls on the street

Question 28

What does the wine falling on the street show?

Answer 28

Extreme Poverty and Starving people

Question 29

What word is written on the wall?

Answer 29

‘Blood’

Question 30

Who wrote the word on the wall in France?

Answer 30

Gaspard

Question 31

How erases the word on the wall?

Answer 31

Defarge

Question 32

Inside the wine shop, what does everyone call each other?

Answer 32

Jacques

Question 33

What does Madame Defarge do once a man walks in the store?

Answer 33

Coughs

Question 34

Who is located in the back room of the Store?

Answer 34

Dr. Mannette

Question 35

What is a large characteristic of Tellson’s Bank Itself?

Answer 35

Puts people to death

Question 36

What was strange about Jerry’s boots?

Answer 36

They were often clean but covered in clay when he found them

Question 37

What does Jerry’s son wonder?

Answer 37

Why Jerry’s fingers are always rusty

Question 38

What is the name of the courtroom?

Answer 38

Old Bailey

Question 39

Who is Charles Darnay?

Answer 39

Tried for treason, quiet and attentive in trial

Question 40

Who appears on Horseback and approaches Jarvis Lorry?

Answer 40

Jerry Cruncher

Question 41

What is Jarvis’s response to Jerry’s message?

Answer 41

Recalled to life