A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

Ans: A novel is a fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism.

Ans: “A Tale of Two Cities” is an historical novel.

Ans: Charles Darnay is the protagonist of the novel A Tale of Two Cities.

Ans: During Manette’s imprisonment in the Bastille, Charles wrote a letter describing the inhuman treatment of the Evremonde brothers towards a peasant family and about his (M) imprisonment by them. So, Mr. Manette denounced Charles.

Ans: Madame Sosostris foretells using her tarot cards.

Ans: A mail coach is a coach that carries mail and people. It is drawn by horses.

Ans: While Madame Defarge was struggling with Miss Pross, she pulls out a gun. Miss Pross strikes it aside and the gun goes off killing Madame Defarge and permanently deafening Miss Pross.

Ans: Madame Defrag is constantly in the activity of knitting.

Ans: On July 14, 1789, the storming of the Bastille took place in Paris.

Ans: The two cities mentioned in "A Tale of two Cities" are Paris and London.

Ans: The Red Caps worn by the revolutionaries symbolize the newfound freedom of peasants.

Ans: The charge of treason was brought against Charles Darnay.

Ans: The narrator reflects that fact that no person can really know another person.

Ans: ‘Boz’ is the pseudonym of Dickens.

Ans: Madame Defarge is knitting the names of her victims.

Ans: The Tower of London was a place where the political prisoner were held in Britain.

Ans: The name of the bank mentioned in ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ is Tellson's Bank.

Ans: Charle Darney is actually a French.

Ans: Jerry Cruncher is a porter for Tellson's by day and a grave robber by night.

Ans: The profession of Madame Defrage is to run a wine shop in Saint Antoine.

Ans: Madame Defarge’s Pinning a rose to her hair signifies a warning to any revolutionist.

Ans: The significance of Madame Defarge’s knitting is that she stitches into her needlework a list of names of all those condemned to die in the name of a new republic. It symbolizes the stealthy, cold-blooded vengefulness of the revolutionaries.

Ans: Sydney Carton is a drunkard, depressed and self-loathing man who transforms into a Christ like figure towards the end of the novel.

Ans: The slogan of the French Revolution was “Liberty, Equality and Fraternity”

Ans: French Revolution broken out in 1799.

Ans: The French Revolution took place in 1789.

Ans: The story of "A Tale of two cities” began in 1775.

Ans: Dr. Manette was imprisoned in the Bastille.

Ans: Dr. Manette and Sydney Carton are resurrected in A Tale of Two Cities.

Ans: Dr. Alexander Manctte is the father of Lucie Manette. Alexandre Manette is a French physician who is imprisoned for 18 years but rescued by his daughter, Lucie

Ans: Dr. Manette, a brilliant physician, is Lucie’s father who spent eighteen years as a prisoner in the Bastille prior to the French Revolution.

Ans: Lucie was the daughter of Dr. Alexandre Manette and the wife of Charles Darnay.

Ans: Mr. Jarvis Lorry is an official working in Tellson’s bank.

Ans: Sydney Carton is a central character in the novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.

Ans: Madame Defarge is the antagonist in the novel "A Tale of Two Cities".

Ans: Charles Darnay is the central character in "A Tale of Two Cities".

Ans: Sydney Carton is the jackal in 'A Tale of Two Cities'.

Ans: Jacques three was one of the revolutionaries who secretly made plan for the revolution.

Ans: Parson Tringham was the local historian.

Ans: William the Conqueror, the Duke in the northern region of France called Normandy, was King William I.

Ans: Darnay’s father and his uncle were responsible for the harrassment of Dr. Manette.

Ans: Stryver married a wealthy widow with three sons.

Ans: Stryver insults Lucie as a “mincing Fool"

Ans: The Paris mob kill Foulon because he suggested that the starving people should eat grass.

Ans: Charles is re-arrested because he was denounced by Monsieur and Madame Defarge and Dr. Manette.

Ans: The coachman thinks they may be attacked by the robbers.

Ans: Monsieur Earnest Defarge was Dr. Manette’s servant. He was a wine-seller in Paris.

Ans: Dr. Alexander Manette, Lucie's father, is a brilliant physician who spent eighteen years as a prisoner in the Bastille prior to the French Revolution.

Ans: Gaspard kills the Marquis.

Ans: Carton foretell s for Charles and Lucie and Mnette they will lead a peaceful life in England.

Ans: George III and his queen, Charlotte Sophia are the "king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face" respectively.

Ans: Stryver is a lion in court, Carton is a cunning jackal behind the scenes.

Ans: The Red Caps are the caps worn by the revolutionaries. They symbolize the newfound freedom of peasants.

Ans: Miss Pross calls Lucie “Ladybird”.

Ans: C.J. Stryver, a proud and foolish man, is an ambitious lawyer. He dreams of climbing the social ladder.

Ans: Madame Defarge’s knitting is symbolic of maintaining register people to be punished.

Ans: Boz was the pseudo name of Charles Dickens.

Ans: The three people who denounced Charles are Monseiur Defarge, Madame Defarge and Dr. Manette.

Ans: Roger Cly is a police who testifies against Darnay at his trial in London.

Ans: Four heavy-treading, unkempt figures namely, East, West, North and South set the chateau on fire.

Ans: Old Foulon once declared that if people were starving they should eat grass.

Ans: Red caps symbolized the newfound freedom of peasants.

Ans: The guillotine is a machine invented in France to execute many victims at a time. In A Tale of Two Cities, the guillotine symbolizes how revolutionary chaos gets institutionalized

Ans: "This wine game" foreshadows the imminent flow of blood in the streets.

Ans: Charles in his last letter expresses his love for Lucie and his father. It encourages them to keep fighting the aristocracy.

Ans: The Carmagnole symbolizes the ruthlessness and cruelty of the revolution.

Ans: Marquis was stabbed to death by Gaspard, the father of the child who was run over by the Marquis’ carriage.

Ans: Bedlam, byname of Bethlem Royal Hospital, is the first asylum in England for the mentally ill.

Ans: Bridewell, a palace in London, was built as a residence of King Henry VIII. Now it is used as prison of the disorderly poor and hospital of homeless children in the city of London.

Ans: The guillotine is a device invented in France to behead many victims at a time.

Ans: La Force is the Prison which the corrupt revolutionaries used to imprison those whom they considered traitor to the new Republic

Ans: Newgate is a notorious London prison.

Ans: Saint Antone is one of the traditional suburbs of Paris, France. It grew up to the east of the Bastille.

Ans: The chateau is a large French country house or castle, often giving its name to wine made in its neighbourhood.

Ans: The guillotine is a machine/device invented in France to behead the victims. It is used in many unjust executions. In A Tale of Two Cities, the guillotine symbolizes how revolutionary chaos gets institutionalized

Ans: The Tower of London is a historic castle located on the north bank of the River Thames in central London.

Ans: Tribunal is the place where a session of court is held.

Ans: Westminster Hall is the oldest building on the Parliamentary estate. In and around the Hall, grew up the major institutions of the British state: Parliament, the law courts and various government offices.

Ans: Jerry Crunchers always describes himself as an honest tradesman.

Ans: Gaspard is the father of the child run over by the Marquis’ carriage. He takes revenge by murdering the Marquis.

Ans: Sydney Carton is 'the fellow of no delicacy'.

Ans: The Vengeance is a bloodthirsty woman always standing by Madame Defarge.

Ans: Miss Lucie Manette is the" short, slight, pretty figure.