Book III - Chapter IX. The Game Made Practice Quiz — A Tale of Two Cities
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Practice Quiz: Book III - Chapter IX. The Game Made
What arrangement does Sydney Carton make with Barsad?
Carton secures access to Darnay's prison cell one time, should the trial go badly.
What secret occupation has Jerry Cruncher been hiding?
Jerry has been a "resurrection man" (body snatcher), digging up corpses to sell to medical doctors.
What reform does Jerry Cruncher propose to Mr. Lorry?
Jerry offers to become a gravedigger (burying bodies instead of digging them up) while his son takes over his messenger duties at Tellson's.
Why does Mr. Lorry weep during his conversation with Carton?
He realizes that Carton's arrangement with Barsad—mere access to Darnay—cannot actually save Darnay's life, and he is overwhelmed with sympathy and disappointment.
What does Carton ask Mr. Lorry not to tell Lucie?
He asks Lorry not to tell Lucie about the interview with Barsad or the arrangement to access Darnay, fearing it would only add to her trouble.
What biblical passage does Carton repeat throughout the night?
John 11:25-26: "I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die."
What does the wood-sawyer tell Carton about the guillotine?
He says sixty-three people were executed that day and they expect to reach one hundred soon, and that the executioner Samson shaved (beheaded) all sixty-three in less than two pipes' worth of smoking time.
What does Carton purchase at the chemist's shop?
He purchases small packets of chemicals (likely a sedative), with strict instructions to keep them separate to avoid dangerous consequences.
Who are the three denouncers of Charles Darnay at his retrial?
Ernest Defarge, Therese Defarge, and Doctor Alexandre Manette.
How does Doctor Manette react when named as one of Darnay's denouncers?
He leaps to his feet, pale and trembling, and protests that it is a forgery and fraud, saying he would never denounce the husband of his daughter.
Where did Defarge find the document attributed to Doctor Manette?
Hidden in a hole in the chimney of Manette's former Bastille cell, One Hundred and Five, North Tower, where a stone had been worked out and replaced.
What is the title of Book III, Chapter 9, and what does it mean?
"The Game Made" — it refers to the completion of Carton's plan (his "game" is set) and to the Defarges' trap being sprung against Darnay at the trial.
What does Carton mean when he says his "young way was never the way to age"?
He is acknowledging that his dissolute, wasted youth has not set him on a path to a fulfilled old age like Mr. Lorry's, hinting at his acceptance that his life will end soon.
How does the President of the Tribunal respond to Doctor Manette's protest?
He tells Manette to be tranquil and warns that defying the Tribunal's authority would put him outside the law, declaring that nothing is dearer to a citizen than the Republic—even over one's own child.
Who is Jacques Three and what role does he play?
Jacques Three is a bloodthirsty juryman from St. Antoine with a craving face and fingers perpetually hovering about his lips, representing the savage vengefulness of the revolutionary tribunal.
What does Carton do after walking Mr. Lorry to Lucie's gate?
He lingers at a distance, returns to touch the gate after it closes, and then follows in Lucie's footsteps to the prison of La Force, retracing her daily path.
What is the mood of Paris as Carton walks through the night?
Paris is a city dominated by the axe—coaches are scarce because riders risk suspicion, churches hold no prayers, and the guillotine has made death so common that no ghost stories arise from it, yet theatres are full and people pour out cheerfully.
What tender act does Carton perform for a child near the theatre?
He carries a little girl across the muddy street for her mother, and before releasing her, asks the child for a kiss.
What natural imagery closes Carton's nighttime wandering?
Dawn breaks like a "dead face out of the sky," but then the glorious sun rises and its rays strike warmth into Carton's heart, creating a "bridge of light" between him and the sun as the river sparkles beneath.
Who is The Vengeance and what does she do during the trial?
The Vengeance is a fierce revolutionary woman who shrieks encouragement for Defarge from the crowd, commends his patriotism at the Bastille, and defiantly cries "I defy that bell!" when the President tries to silence her.