CHAPTER 17
36) What law did Darnay break when he returned to France?
The law had been changed and now every emigres who returned to France was a traitor.
CHAPTER 19
39) What position was Dr Manette given by the people?
He was made the doctor of La Force and two other prisons.
40) Why did Lucie go to the same spot on the same street every day at the same time?
There was a window which occasionally, and only at 1500, Charles could access and look out exactly on that part of the street. Lucie thus waited there as she knew that sometimes he might be able to see her and she hoped this would give him strength.
CHAPTER 20
41) Why did the people at Charles’s trial stop calling for his death and start supporting him?
Charles had left France, renounced his title and worked for a living. Most importantly he married the daughter of Dr Manette, a hero owing to his imprisonment in the Bastille who also spoke on his behalf at the trial.
CHAPTER 15
32) Why do you think the peasants chose the well to gather around when watching the Marquis’ chateau burn?
To prevent water from being drawn and used to put out the fire.
33) Who was Gabelle, and why did the villagers turn on him?
In the days of the Marquis, he had been a tax collector and now they wanted revenge for the unjust taxes they had been charged.
PART III – Chapter 14
29) What was the date of the French Revolution?
July 14th, 1789.
30) Why did the rebels head for the Bastille?
As a symbol of tyranny, it was an obvious target to strike against.
31) Why did Defarge want to see cell one hundred and Five, North Tower even though the warder told him it was empty and what did he find there?
That is where Dr. Defarge was imprisoned. He looked in the chimney to find a written note.
CHAPTER 13
28) Why do you think, when Dr Manette went to visit his daughter and her new husband, Mr Lorry and Miss Pross decided to destroy or bury all of the accoutrements of the Shoemaker of Paris.
They did not want Dr Manette to regress again, and hoped that by hiding these symbols of his prison life, they would prevent him from doing so.
