Book III - Chapter VI. Triumph Quiz — A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

Comprehension Quiz: Book III - Chapter VI. Triumph

What charge does the public prosecutor bring against Charles Darnay?

  • Conspiracy against the Republic with foreign agents
  • Being an emigrant whose life is forfeit under the Republic's decree
  • Secretly funding counterrevolutionary activities from England
  • Collaborating with the aristocracy to overthrow the new government

How many of the 23 prisoners called at La Force respond to their names?

  • All 23 respond
  • 20 respond — one died in gaol and two were already guillotined
  • 18 respond — five had escaped during the night
  • 21 respond — two refused to answer out of protest

What is Madame Defarge doing during Darnay's trial?

  • Standing and shouting "Take off his head!" with the crowd
  • Sitting in the front row knitting, never looking at Darnay
  • Testifying as a witness against Darnay before the Tribunal
  • Weeping in the back of the courtroom with the other women

What is Darnay's key argument for why he is not truly an emigrant?

  • He holds British citizenship and cannot be subject to French law
  • He left France voluntarily before the decree, renouncing his title to live by his own labor
  • He was exiled by the monarchy and had no choice about leaving France
  • He maintained French citizenship and paid taxes throughout his time abroad

What dramatically shifts the crowd's mood from hostility to sympathy during the trial?

  • Gabelle's testimony about being forgotten in prison for months
  • Darnay's revelation that his wife is the daughter of Doctor Manette
  • Mr. Lorry's emotional speech about Darnay's character in England
  • The President of the Tribunal admonishing the crowd for prejudice

What fact about Darnay's life in England does Doctor Manette use to prove his loyalty to France?

  • Darnay had served in the French military before emigrating
  • Darnay had been tried for his life by the English government as a friend of France and America
  • Darnay had refused to swear allegiance to the English Crown
  • Darnay had donated his English earnings to French revolutionary causes

How does the jury vote on Darnay's case?

  • Split vote, with the President casting the deciding ballot
  • Unanimously in Darnay's favor, each juror voting aloud
  • Majority in favor, with three jurors dissenting
  • The jury refuses to vote and defers to the public prosecutor

What happens to the five prisoners tried immediately after Darnay?

  • They are acquitted following the precedent of Darnay's case
  • They are all condemned to die within twenty-four hours
  • Their trials are postponed until additional evidence is gathered
  • Three are condemned and two are acquitted on lesser charges

What does Darnay fear as the crowd carries him through the streets?

  • That the celebration will attract the National Guard's attention
  • That he is actually in a tumbril on his way to the Guillotine
  • That Madame Defarge will order the crowd to turn on him
  • That Lucie will not recognize him after his long imprisonment

What ironic observation does Dickens make about the crowd's celebration of Darnay?

  • The crowd celebrates because they expect a larger execution the next day
  • The very same people would have torn him apart with the same intensity if carried by a different current
  • The crowd is actually celebrating Doctor Manette, not Darnay
  • The celebration is organized by the Tribunal to distract from the five condemnations

What happens when Lucie sees Darnay arrive home after the trial?

  • She runs to embrace him and thanks God aloud before the crowd
  • She drops insensible (faints) in his arms
  • She weeps silently but remains standing with little Lucie
  • She refuses to believe it is truly him and backs away in fear

What does the crowd do with the empty chair after Darnay goes inside?

  • They destroy it in a frenzy of revolutionary excitement
  • They place a young woman in it as the "Goddess of Liberty" and dance the Carmagnole
  • They carry it to the Tribunal as a trophy of the acquittal
  • They leave it in the courtyard as a shrine to the Republic

What does Doctor Manette say at the end of the chapter?

  • "We must flee France tonight before they change their minds"
  • "You must not be weak, my darling... I have saved him"
  • "The Republic has shown its true justice today"
  • "This victory belongs to the people of France"

How many prisoners are tried and condemned before Darnay's name is called on the day of his trial?

  • Five prisoners in thirty minutes
  • Fifteen prisoners in an hour and a half
  • Ten prisoners in two hours
  • Twenty prisoners in one hour

What symbolic parallel does Dickens draw when Lucie lays her head on her father's breast at the end of the chapter?

  • It echoes Darnay laying his head on the prison wall in despair
  • It mirrors how she once cradled Manette's head on her breast when he was rescued from the Bastille
  • It recalls the moment they first met at Tellson's Bank in London
  • It foreshadows her laying her head on Darnay's chest at his second trial

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