A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Chapter 24

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Chapter 24

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Summary (Question and Answer)

Chapter Twenty-Four (A Tale of Two Cities)

Chapter 24

46) In Dr. Manette’s memoirs, why had the peasant boy been stabbed by the two noble brothers?

He had tried to kill them because they had wronged his family leading to the death of his father, his sister and his bother in law. In the scuffle the younger brother had stabbed the peasant boy.

47) Why did the noble brothers offer Dr Manette a bag of gold?

He was offered the gold for his medical services but, more significantly, for his silence.

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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Chapter 25

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Chapter 25

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Summary (Question and Answer)

Chapter Twenty-Five (A Tale of Two Cities)

Chapter 25

48) Why was Madame Defarge suspicious of Carton when he came to the shop and ordered some wine?

Madame Defarge was suspicious of Carton because he was English and, more importantly, because he looked very much like Darnay.

49) Why does Madame Defarge hate the Evremondes so much?

The family which had been torn apart in Dr Manette’s memoirs was her family.

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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Chapter 21

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Chapter 21

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Summary (Question and Answer)

Chapter Twenty-One (A Tale of Two Cities)

Chapter 21

42) Name two of the people who had made an accusation against Darnay, leading to his second arrest.

Monsieur and Madame Defarge

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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Chapter 22

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Chapter 22

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Summary (Question and Answer)

Chapter Twenty-Two (A Tale of Two Cities)

 

Chapter 22

43) Where before have we come across Miss Pross’s brother, Solomon, and by what name did he go?

He had appeared as Barsad, a witness in the treason trial of Darnay at the Old Bailey in London.

44) Carton has some ‘very good cards’ to play against Barsad. What are they?

Carton knows that he had worked as an English spy, and is now working as a French spy. He also knows that he is still in contact with Cly, the other witness at the earlier treason trial, and still an English spy. If any of this were made common knowledge it would work against him.

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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Chapter 18

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Chapter 18

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Summary (Question and Answer)

Chapter Eighteen (A Tale of Two Cities)

Chapter 18

37) Why did Dr Manette think that the people would help him, and support him once they knew who he was?

He had been a prisoner in the Bastille.

38) Why do you think that Madame Defarge wanted to see Lucie and her daughter?

To add them to the death list.

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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Chapter 16

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Chapter 16

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Summary (Question and Answer)

Chapter Sixteen (A Tale of Two Cities)

CHAPTER 16

34) Why did Mr. Lorry have to go to France?

Tellson’s, the bank he worked for, feared that some important papers would be destroyed in the revolution and Lorry was assigned the task of retrieving them.

35) Why did Gabelle write to Charles Darnay?

Gabelle had been imprisoned and feared that his life was in danger. He wished Darnay to return and tell the people that Gabelle had been working for them since the death of Darnay’s uncle. Since that date, under Darnay’s orders, he had collected neither taxes nor rent.

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