Book III - Chapter VII. A Knock at the Door Quiz — A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

Comprehension Quiz: Book III - Chapter VII. A Knock at the Door

What is the first line of Book III, Chapter 7?

  • "Recalled to life."
  • "I have saved him."
  • "It was the best of times."
  • "The Bastille has fallen."

Why can't Lucie feel fully relieved after Darnay's release?

  • She suspects Doctor Manette is going mad again
  • She knows innocent people are executed daily on vague suspicion
  • She has received a threatening letter from Madame Defarge
  • She believes Darnay plans to return to England without her

What name is added to the doorpost of the Manette household?

  • Doctor Alexandre Manette
  • Sydney Carton
  • Charles Evrémonde, called Darnay
  • Jarvis Lorry

Who handles the daily shopping for the Manette household?

  • Lucie and Doctor Manette
  • Miss Pross and Jerry Cruncher
  • Darnay and Mr. Lorry
  • Jerry Cruncher alone

How does Miss Pross bargain with French shopkeepers?

  • She speaks fluent French and haggles expertly
  • She writes prices on a piece of paper
  • She holds up one finger fewer than the merchant
  • She has Jerry Cruncher translate for her

What patriotic declaration does Miss Pross make?

  • She recites the French Republican motto
  • She quotes lines from "God Save the King"
  • She sings "La Marseillaise" sarcastically
  • She pledges allegiance to Napoleon

What story does Doctor Manette tell little Lucie by the fire?

  • A story about a knight who slays a dragon
  • A story about a Fairy who freed a prisoner
  • A story about a shoemaker who escapes a tower
  • A story about two cities at war

What does Lucie hear that frightens her as they sit by the fire?

  • Gunshots in the street
  • Strange feet upon the stairs
  • The tumbrils rolling past
  • Madame Defarge's knitting needles

What phrase does Doctor Manette use just before the knock comes?

  • "Recalled to life"
  • "The staircase is as still as Death"
  • "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
  • "One Hundred and Five, North Tower"

How many armed men enter the Manette apartment?

  • Two
  • Three
  • Four
  • Six

What do the armed men tell Darnay?

  • He is free to leave France immediately
  • He is again the prisoner of the Republic
  • He must pay a fine to the Section of Saint Antoine
  • He is being deported to England

Who has denounced Darnay?

  • Mr. Lorry and Sydney Carton
  • Citizen and Citizeness Defarge, and one other
  • The Section of Saint Antoine only
  • Miss Pross and Jerry Cruncher

What is Doctor Manette's physical reaction when the armed men arrive?

  • He collapses to the floor
  • He stands frozen like a statue holding the lamp
  • He attacks the men with his fists
  • He retreats to his shoemaking bench

What cryptic reply does the man from Saint Antoine give when Manette asks who the third denouncer is?

  • "It was Madame Defarge's sister"
  • "Do you ask, Citizen Doctor?"
  • "The Republic does not answer to individuals"
  • "You will never know"

Why does the Manette family keep no servant?

  • Servants are banned under the Republic
  • To avoid having a domestic spy and because they are not rich
  • Doctor Manette prefers to do housework himself
  • All servants have fled Paris

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