Book I - Chapter V. The Wine-shop Quiz — A Tale of Two Cities

What causes the crowd to gather in the street at the opening of the chapter?

• A fight between two merchants
• A large cask of wine has broken open
• A public execution is taking place
• A royal procession is passing through

What word does the tall joker (Gaspard) scrawl on the wall with his wine-stained finger?

• Liberty
• Blood
• Revolution
• Death

How does Madame Defarge signal her husband that something noteworthy is happening?

• She drops her knitting needles
• She coughs and raises her eyebrows slightly
• She speaks a coded phrase aloud
• She taps the counter three times

Why does Monsieur Defarge keep Dr. Manette's garret door locked?

• To prevent government agents from finding him
• Because Manette would be frightened and harmed if the door were open
• Because Madame Defarge ordered it
• To prevent the three Jacques from disturbing him

What is Dr. Manette doing when the visitors enter his garret?

• Sleeping on a straw mat
• Writing on scraps of paper
• Making shoes on a low bench
• Staring silently out the window

What do the lamps hanging from ropes and pulleys in Saint Antoine foreshadow?

• The Enlightenment spreading to the common people
• Revolutionary hangings from lampposts
• A great fire that will burn the district
• The lantern that will guide Lucie to her father

On which floor of the building is Dr. Manette's garret located?

• The third floor
• The fourth floor
• The fifth floor
• The sixth floor

Which of these events actually happened in this chapter?

In the chapter, Dickens describes Defarge as "implacable-looking." What does implacable mean?

• Cheerful and easygoing
• Unable to be appeased or stopped; relentlessly unyielding
• Physically imposing and tall
• Gentle and sympathetic

When Dickens describes "cadaverous faces" among the people of Saint Antoine, he means faces that are:

• Angry and hostile
• Sunburned and weathered
• Pale, thin, and corpse-like
• Round and well-fed

Dickens calls the three customers at the counter a "triumvirate." A triumvirate is:

• A group of three people holding power or authority
• A secret religious order
• A military rank in the French army
• A type of French drinking toast