Literary Terms
People
Places
Symbols
Best & Worst
100
The first line of the novel illustrates THIS literary term to emphasize stark contrasts and the confusion of the French Revolution.
What is Parallelism?
100

Describe two ways Madame Defarge sends signals to the Jacques.

cough, knitting

100
______ is the suburb outside of Paris where the Defarges' live and where the wine cask scene took place.
What is Saint Antoine?
100
the breaking of the wine cask symbolizes this
What is blood in the streets
100

This character represents the cruelty of the French Aristocracy and believes that peasants should be executed.

Who is The Marquis St. Evremonde?

200
THIS literary term is used when Dickens wants to describe the characters or setting in detail.
What is Imagery?
200

Who is described here: "You are the fellow we want...you make these fools believe that it will last for ever.  Then, they are the more insolent, and it is the nearer ended."

The mender of roads.

200

Lucie grew up in England, and was raised as a ward of ________because her parents were assumed dead.

What is Tellson's Bank?

200

What substance was emphasized on the chateau of the Marquis and how did this substance connect to the imagery used to describe the death of the Marquis?

Stone; "The Gorgon has surveyed the building again in the night, and had added the one stone face wanting; the stone face for which it had waited through about two hundred years."

200

This character represents the greed and overconsumption of the nobility in France.

Who is Monseigneur in Town

300
Dickens portrayed Madame Defarge as vengeful, quietly knitting, and plotting the deaths of those who stood in the way of revolution. This characterization of Madame Defarge is an Allusion to____.
What are the Greek Fates?
300

Name Miss Pross's brother and two facts we learn about him.

1.  Solomon

2.  "heartless scoundrel"

3.  took everything Miss Pross had  to "speculate" with

4.  The only person Miss Pross is worthy of her "ladybird"

Jerry Cruncher.  He is digging up and stealing bodies to sell.

300

What two places does Barsad make an appearance in Book 2?

1.  At Charles Darnay's trial in England

2.  Saint Antoine / the wineshop in France where his name is recorded in the registry

300

In the chapter Two Promises, what are the two promises made?

1. Darnay asks Dr Manette to let Lucie know how much Charles loves her should she ever discuss him with her father

2.  Darnay will not reveal his real name until after the wedding

300

Who tactfully convinces Stryver not to propose to Lucie Manette?

Jarvis Lorry

400

What does the hanging of Gaspard symbolize?

The hanging symbolizes the complete dehumanization of the peasants by the aristocracy.  

400

Identify the speaker of the second quote:

"My husband died of want; so many die of want; so many more will die of want."

"Again, well? Can I feed them?"

Monseigneur - the Marquis

400

Identify the second speaker and the significance of the quotation below.

"The chateau and all the race?"

"The chateau and all the race."

Defarge to the Jacques.  The revolutionaries do not just want to punish the Marquis and others like him but every one of their descendants.

400
Madame Defarge's knitting
What is... Madame Defarge’s knitting becomes a symbol of her victims’ fate—death at the hands of a wrathful peasantry.
400
This reserved businessman has a strong moral compass, and proves to be an honest and trustworthy friend to the Manette's.
Who is Jarvis Lorry?
500

Provide an example of Dickens using anaphora in Books 1 or 2 and explain the impact of the device (in other words, why was it used?).

One example is in Book 8 where Dickens repeats the word "poor" 8 times to show the extent of the people's poverty and the weariness of the people with their never-ending poverty.

500

What is Striver's nickname for Carton?

Memory

500

How many feet high was Gaspard hung and what was beneath him?

40 feet above a fountain.  His body is poisoning the water.

500
105 North Tower
What is Dr. Manette's cell and where they found the letter. It symbolizes all that is wrong with the aristocracy.
500
Jerry Cruncher had an inverted sense of morals when he referred to his night time occupation as ________ and his wife's prayer as "flopping."
What is a ressurection man / an honest tradesman?