A Tale of Two Cities

This flexible-use quiz is designed for reading comprehension assessment and activity needs in classroom, home-schooling and other settings. Questions connect to the text’s plot, characters, and themes — and align with the content and chapter organization in the rest of this study guide. Use quizzes as pre-reading hooks, reading checks, discussion starters, entrance/exit “tickets,” small group activities, writing activities, and lessons on finding evidence and support in a text.

Depth of Knowledge Levels: Questions require respondents to demonstrate ability to: 

1. Recall and Understand Content (e.g., who, what, where, when) 
2. Apply and Analyze Ideas (e.g., how and why)

1. In what year does A Tale of Two Cities open?

A) 1760

B) 1775

C) 1789

D) 1800

2. With what message does Mr. Lorry send Jerry Cruncher back to Tellson’s Bank? (short answer)

3) Mr. Lorry’s name alludes to which of the following?

A) his occupation

B) his social class

C) his personality

D) his narrative role

4. Where has Lucie Manette’s father, Doctor Manette, been for the last 18 years?

A. in prison

B. in exile

C. in hiding

D. dead

5. The spilled wine on the streets of Saint Antoine is an example of which literary device?

A. allegory

B. catharsis

C. foreshadowing

D. synesthesia

6. What is Defarge’s relationship to Doctor Manette?

A. He was Doctor Manette’s servant.

B. He is Doctor Manette’s former patient.