Book II - Chapter XVIII. Nine Days Quiz — A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

Comprehension Quiz: Book II - Chapter XVIII. Nine Days

What event takes place at the start of Book II, Chapter 18?

  • The wedding of Lucie Manette and Charles Darnay
  • The arrest of Charles Darnay by French authorities
  • The funeral of Dr. Manette's former prison companion
  • A secret trial at the Old Bailey in London

What does Dr. Manette do privately before the wedding ceremony?

  • He writes a letter to Lucie warning her about Darnay
  • He speaks privately with Charles Darnay behind a closed door
  • He prays alone in his room for guidance
  • He consults Mr. Lorry about Darnay's financial situation

How does Dr. Manette appear when he emerges from his conversation with Darnay?

  • Red-faced and visibly angry, barely controlling his temper
  • Cheerful and smiling, with tears of joy in his eyes
  • Deadly pale with no vestige of color in his face
  • Distracted and muttering to himself about the Bastille

According to Miss Pross, who should have been the bridegroom instead of Darnay?

  • Mr. Jarvis Lorry, whom she considers a gentleman of high character
  • Sydney Carton, who truly loves Lucie
  • Her brother Solomon, whose absence she still laments
  • A young man from Tellson's Bank whom she once admired

Where are Lucie and Darnay planning to honeymoon?

  • Paris and the French countryside for a month
  • A fortnight in Warwickshire followed by a fortnight in Wales
  • Scotland for three weeks at a country estate
  • A week in Dover followed by a week in Canterbury

What does Dr. Manette begin doing after the newlyweds depart?

  • Writing a long letter to the French authorities about the Evrémondes
  • Pacing the house and refusing to eat or drink
  • Making shoes, as he did during his imprisonment in the Bastille
  • Sitting motionless in a chair staring at the wall

What sound alerts Mr. Lorry to the Doctor's relapse?

  • The Doctor crying out in his sleep
  • Miss Pross screaming from the upstairs landing
  • A low sound of knocking—the tap of the shoemaker's tools
  • The sound of furniture being overturned in the Doctor's room

What does the Doctor say when Mr. Lorry asks about the shoe he is working on?

  • "I must finish it for Lucie before she returns from her journey."
  • "A young lady's walking shoe. It ought to have been finished long ago. Let it be."
  • "Leave me alone. I have important work to complete."
  • "It is nothing. I am merely keeping my hands occupied."

What unprecedented action does Mr. Lorry take during the Doctor's relapse?

  • He writes to Lucie telling her the full truth about her father
  • He summons a physician from the Royal College of Surgeons
  • He takes his first-ever leave of absence from Tellson's Bank
  • He sends for Sydney Carton to help watch over the Doctor

How do Mr. Lorry and Miss Pross explain the Doctor's absence to Lucie?

  • They tell Lucie the Doctor is traveling on professional medical business
  • They inform Lucie that the Doctor has gone to visit friends in Paris
  • They write that the Doctor decided to visit Tellson's branch office
  • They say the Doctor is caring for a critically ill patient in Dover

What strategy does Mr. Lorry adopt after speaking to the Doctor proves counterproductive?

  • He leaves the Doctor entirely alone for days at a time
  • He sits nearby as a silent presence, reading and writing by the window
  • He brings in former medical colleagues to reason with the Doctor
  • He removes the shoemaking tools and hides them in the cellar

What troubling sign does Mr. Lorry observe by the ninth evening?

  • The Doctor has stopped eating and drinking entirely
  • The Doctor has begun talking to himself about the Bastille by name
  • The Doctor's shoemaking has grown "dreadfully skilful" with nimble, expert hands
  • The Doctor has attempted to leave the house in the middle of the night

The metaphor of the "golden arm" striking the Doctor "a poisoned blow" symbolizes which idea?

  • The corrupting power of wealth and aristocratic privilege
  • Lucie's departure—and the revelation behind it—devastating her father
  • The French monarchy's long reach destroying innocent lives
  • Mr. Lorry's inability to protect those he cares about

What memory does the Doctor's relapse recall for Mr. Lorry?

  • His first meeting with Lucie as a baby at Tellson's Bank
  • The trial of Charles Darnay at the Old Bailey
  • Defarge the wine-shop keeper and the starlight ride to Paris
  • A conversation with Stryver about the Doctor's fragile health

Which theme is MOST central to the events of Chapter 18?

  • The corrupting influence of revolutionary politics on personal relationships
  • The fragility of psychological recovery and the lasting power of trauma
  • The conflict between social classes in pre-Revolutionary France
  • The superiority of English justice over French tyranny

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