Step Five B2.

K E Y T O T H E A C T I V I T I E S

Charles Dickens 2 He let the reader guess the true started telling me about a child with a
meaning of his story without French father and an English mother,

A Tale of
explaining everything first.
3 Open answer.
4 He feels that he has to act as a
professional, even in this very painful
and emotional situation. However, it
Everybody thought the father was dead
but he was in fact still alive. It seemed
impossible, and I suppose it would have
been better if he had told me the news
plainly or if he had written a letter. As it

Two Cities
KEY TO THE ACTIVITIES AND EXIT TEST
Charles Dickens 4 Because he had been thinking about
sad and painful events of the past.
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5 He was afraid.
1 His father was sent to prison for debt 6 She was a slender girl of about
and Charles had to go to work in a seventeen with golden hair.
factory, which was a very humiliating 7 She knew that her father had been
experience for him. French and had lived in Beauvais
2 His novels focus on contemporary and that he had married an English
social problems, but also contain a lot lady.
of humour and a wide range of 8 Because she had guessed that Mr
characters. Lorry was about to tell her that her
3 For writing political essays and his father wasn’t dead after all.
public performances. 9 She learned that her father had not
4 Because he was a great story teller died but had been put in prison by
and because of his memorable powerful enemies, and that now he
characters. was in Paris.
10 She must bring him back to life.
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11 She thought that he had
Open answers. unnecessarily traumatised Miss
Manette by not using more tact in
Chapter One telling her about her father.
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Page 8 – activity 1
1 In the beginning he pretended that
1A 2C 3B 4C 5C 6C 7C 8A
he was not talking about her father,
Page 16 – activity 1 and so Miss Manette had to guess the
1 Jerry, a messenger from Tellson’s meaning of what Mr Lorry was
Bank. saying. In other words, his way of
telling the story built up the tension
2 ‘Recalled to life.’
too much.
3 He thought it was the strangest
message he had ever heard.
is obvious from his loss of sleep and was, the shock was too great and I
his obsessive repeating that it was fainted.
just a matter of business, that he felt Later I realised that Mr Lorry could
very emotionally involved. think of no way of telling me about my
5 Dickens does not tell us the purpose father other than in his oddly official
of Lorry’s journey to Dover at first. way and that he was as overwhelmed as
Also he does not tell us the meaning I was. So, in the end, I forgave Mr Lorry
of the message, ‘Recalled to Life’ for having given me such a shock.
until the end. Finally, we, like Miss
Manette, are kept in suspense by the
storytelling of Mr Lorry.
Chapter Two
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1L 2D 3D 4L 5L 6O 7M
Definition II. The use is oddly poetic
because Mr Lorry is using the word in its Page 24 – activity 1
official sense, but the person is called
1 F – They were mostly poor and ill-
back from Death.
fed.
Page 17 – activity 3 B 2 F – People rushed up to get some
A III B II C I D I E III F II of the wine to drink for themselves.
3 T
Page 17 – activity 4 4 T
Showing feelings: sigh, shrug 5 T
Walking: trudge 6 T
Using guns: fire, aim 7 T
Looking: peer 8 T
Taking: seize 9 T
10 F – They are going to live in
Page 18 – activity 5 London.
Sample letter
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The biggest shock I ever had in my life
was when I received a letter from Mr 1 He thinks that she is his dead wife.
Lorry telling me to meet him in Dover. I 2 Because she resembles her so much,
assumed he wanted to tell me about my and he has never seen his daughter
father’s property. as a young woman.
Now, I knew that I had been brought to Page 25 – activity 3
England from France after my parents’
The scene shows how the poor people’s
death when I was a little girl. You can
anger would eventually explode because
imagine how I felt when Mr Lorry
of some casual incident such as the

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breaking of a barrel of wine. The wine
symbolises all the blood that would flow
during the Revolution and its immediate
aftermath. Finally, the drunkenness
from the wine anticipates the
drunkenness from violence which would
later occur.
Sample answer to filming the scene
● Tracking shot along the street,
showing the poor people and the
general dirtiness. (20 seconds)
● Long shot of man with cart and
barrel of wine. (5 seconds)
● Tracking shot moving towards the
man with the cart. (5 seconds)
● Close-up of the upsetting of the
barrel. (20 seconds)
● Panning shot, intermixed with close-
ups of people on the streets, showing
the reactions of the people as they
realise what is happening. (20
seconds)
● Series of close-ups of different
people scooping up the wine and
dirtying their faces. (30 seconds)
● Close-up of the man who decides to
write on wall as he dips his finger in
wine. (10 seconds)
● Panning shot, intermixed with close-
ups, showing the reactions of the
people in the crowd to the word
‘blood’. (30 seconds)
● Panning shot that finds M. Defarge,
and fixes on him for a close-up,
showing his frowning disapproval.
(15 seconds)
● Panning shot passing from close-up
of M. Defarge to Madame Defarge’s
disapproving face, moving down to a
close-up of her knitting fingers. (15
seconds)
● Close-up of knitting fingers
alternating with close-ups of the
drunken, wine-stained faces of the
crowd. (20 seconds)
3 4
A C T I V I T I E S
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Open answers.
Chapter Three
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1C 2B 3A 4A 5C
Page 33 – activity 1
1B 2C 3C 4A 5C 6A 7B 8D
Page 34 – activity 2
1 He implies that he has always had
problems with money, and that he is
really accusing Charles Darnay
because he does not want to pay
back the money he owes him.
2 He does not use quotation marks and
he does not use expressions such as
‘he asked’, ‘he answered’ and so on.
3 Here Dickens omits all the
expressions such as ‘he asked’, ‘he
replied’ and so on.
4 It lets us imagine the quickness of
the question and answers between
counsel and the witness.
5 They switch rapidly from a close-up
of the face of the counsel that is
questioning to a close-up of the
witness, and back again.
Page 35 – activity 3
The title of the novel itself shows us
that Dickens wanted to talk about both
Paris and London. He also wanted to
present the parallels between the
barbarities of the Revolution, and the
cruelties of the British legal system,
both with regard to its form of
punishment and its cruel slowness,
which he dissects and satirises in other
books such as Bleak House.
K E Y T O T H E
Chapter Four
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1 A poor man named Jacques.
2 Because he said that it was better for
the child to die than to grow up and
live in horrible poverty.
3 He gave him a coin, which he threw
on the ground.
4 There was a man hanging
underneath it.
5 Charles Darnay.
6 He hated the way his aristocratic
family treated the people of their
village.
7 He was murdered.
8 Because the driver had driven the
Marquis fast when the carriage killed
the child.
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1H 2B 3I 4G 5C 6J 7D 8A 9E
F not used
Page 42 – activity 3
1 He shows how the making of a
simple cup of hot chocolate had been
turned into a Gargantuan enterprise
requiring the efforts of four men, and
all this is to satisfy the silly ego of
Monseigneur.
2 The Marquis is disgusted simply
because the sight and smell of
poverty offends his refined senses.
Dickens, too, is offended by the
horrible things he saw and smelled,
but he is also offended that some
human beings force other human
beings to live in such horrible
conditions.
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Paragraph order
A5 B4 C2 D1 E7 F3 G8 H6
Cloze answers
1 health 2 evidence 3 treason 4 spy
A C T I V I T I E S
5 wine shop 6 shoes 7 wife 8 England
9 mail 10 Mademoiselle 11 mist
12 blunderbuss 13 highwaymen
14 recalled 15 chateau 16 Marquis
17 father 18 tremble 19 faint 20 give
21 rotten 22 dagger 23 drive
24 condemned 25 certain
26 acquitted
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1D 2A 3D 4C 5D 6A 7A 8D
Chapter Five
Page 46 – activity 1
1 in 2 on 3 was 4 there 5 did
6 whose 7 him 8 his 9 be 10 who
11 For 12 can 13 of 14 later 15 done
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1 He was a French teacher.
2 He was an intelligent man who was
often sad and bitter.
3 He became frightened.
4 Because he loved Lucie but he felt
that he lived a bad life and could
never change.
5 Anything to help her or the ones she
loved, and at any cost.
6 He went pale and started trembling.
Page 51 – activity 2
1 He realises that he can never marry
Lucie because, in his opinion, he has
led a bad life, but he says he will do
anything to help her or the ones she
loves. Of course, he realises that
among the ones she loves is Charles
Darnay whom he does not like.
2 Sample letter
I fell in love with Lucie Manette the
first time I saw her in the Old Bailey.
My colleague and I were defending a
certain Charles Darnay, who was
accused of treason. Lucie was there
and was very concerned for Mr
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Darnay. Her beauty struck me but I Page 60 – activity 1 7 D Mr Lorry brought Lucie to England 10 H There were the initials A.M. on the
was not happy that she worried so 1 F – After their marriage he no because her father had wall because it had been Doctor
much about Mr Darnay, whom I longer suffered from his illness. disappeared. Manette’s cell.
found a bit pompous and affected. 2 F – He came to visit them every 8 F There was a lot of excitement 11 B Charles gave up the Evrémonde
Now Lucie is marrying that Sunday. around the castle because title because his family had done
intolerable man and although I do 3 F – He was careful not to drink someone had killed the Marquis. many cruel things.
not think him worthy, I sadly cannot wine on the days of his visits. 9 K Jacques cried because the Marquis 12 J Miss Manette fainted because she
allow myself to ask her to be mine. 4 T had killed his child. had thought her father was dead.
My life has been infected by the 5 F – They looked down from the Page 63 – activity 3
squalor of criminal life that I deal Bastille to see what was happening. 1
with every day and I must not bring 6 F – The women attacked as well.
her into contact with the dark world M
7 T
that is mine. After I had told her, I 8 T 2 U 3
felt horrible, but then I was content 9 F – He found some papers. 5 4 C H A R L E S
at least that I had not brought such a 10 T C 6 H D P
lovely, angelic creature into ruin. 11 F – He gave him the letter because 8 O 9 10 Q A E Y
Even if I am unworthy of Lucie, I Charles Darnay said to him that he
hope that my love for her will some 7 B L U N D E R B U S S U R R
knew the Marquis St Evrémonde
day help her to lead a happy life. and could deliver the letter. A N O A 11 D A G G E R 13
12
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14
13 F – He did leave Lucie. S R E K L T S W C
The name of a popular stage version 14 F – Charles went to France to help
was ‘The Only Way’. 16 T R I A L 17 E E 18 I Q
Gabelle, and Mr Lorry went there
The Pickwick Papers, A Christmas A S F Y 20 R D T U
for the bank’s customers.
Carol, Oliver Twist, Nicholas R 19 T R E A S O N W I I N I
Nickleby, The Old Curiosity Shop, Page 61 – activity 2
V E R E 21 P U N I S H M E N T
David Copperfield, A Tale of Two 1 E It was dangerous to travel to
E R G A G M S T
Cities, Great Expectations, The France because the revolution had
Mystery of Edwin Drood were all begun there. D E P A S E
made into plays. 2 L Miss Manette recognised Mr R O L D
No Thoroughfare Darnay at the trial because she had 22 H I G H W A Y M E N
With Wilkie Collins seen him on the boat returning
In the United States and England from France. The French Revolution Page 68 – activities 2-3
1935, 1958, 1980 3 A Charles decided to travel to Paris Open answers.
because his servant Gabelle had Page 68 – activity 1
The 1935 film directed by Jack
written him a letter. 1 Unfair taxation, a serious food
Conway. Chapter Seven
4 G Doctor Manette looked pale shortage, and revolutionary ideas
because Charles had told him his brought back to France by French
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Chapter Six real name. soldiers who had fought for America
5 I Mr Lorry waited at Dover because in the American Revolution. 1A 2C 3C 4C 5B 6A
Page 53 – activity 1 he received a message from his 2 It celebrates the beginning of the Page 73 – activity 1
1 went 2 Mr Lorry 3 Sydney Carton bank. French Revolution with the Storming
1 to check his papers.
4 wine 5 night 6 customers 6 C The Marquis de Evrémonde was of the Bastille.
2 arrested and thrown into prison.
7 valuables 8 soon 9 news 10 Paris not able to obtain a lettre de cachet 3 Attacks on property followed and
3 Charles had been arrested.
11 Defarge 12 Bastille 13 Swords because he had fallen out of favour many aristocrats and government
4 been murdered by the crowd.
14 sea 15 happening with the court. officials were executed.

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5 the guillotine.
6 he had been a prisoner in the Bastille
for eighteen years.
7 carry people to the guillotine.
8 he did not want them to know that
he was in Paris just yet.
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1 treated him
2 found out (that) he was
3 as soon as he arrived
4 they had to save
5 Doctor Manette what he was doing
6 they would free
7 the doctor to see
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1C 2A 3B 4C 5A
Chapter Eight
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1 Because that was his noble name
before he renounced it.
2 At first they are quite hostile, but
after they hear the testimony of
Gabelle and Doctor Manette, they are
on his side.
3 He testifies in his favour, confirming
what Darnay had said about his title
and the family property.
4 Because Lucie is the daughter of
Doctor Manette, who is a kind of
hero of the Revolution.
5 He tells the court that Charles had
been tried for treason by the English.
6 They find him not guilty.
7 Because he was responsible for
getting Charles acquitted.
8 Monsieur and Madame Defarge, and
some other unknown person.
Page 82 – activity 2
Fickle fits the behaviour of the
courtroom crowd perfectly because
they first jeer Darnay and then when he
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A C T I V I T I E S
is acquitted they treat him as a kind of
hero.
Page 83 – activity 3
1 was driving
2 had been dancing
3 had been working
4 were arguing
5 had been swimming
6 had been playing
7 were playing
8 had been smoking.
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1 F 2 D 3 A 4 B C & E not used
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Sample answer:
It is hard to describe the hate I felt when
I first saw Charles Darnay. The French
nobility have always treated my family
and friends terribly. The Evrémonde
family and Darnay’s uncle the Marquis
in particular, are beasts. I heard that the
Marquis’s carriage killed a child, and the
Marquis’s response was to throw a coin
on the ground for the father. The beast!
Certainly, this young man deserved to
die, like the rest of them. But then he
told us how he had left his family and all
its privileges. At first I didn’t believe
him, but then Doctor Manette spoke.
The doctor, just like us, has suffered. He
told us that Charles Darnay was a friend
of his and married to his daughter and a
good man. Then Darnay’s servant –
someone just like me and my family –
spoke. He too said good things about
Darnay. In the end, I was happy that this
friend of the poor was not killed.
Chapter Nine
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1C 2D 3A 4B 5A 6C 7D 8D
9 A 10 B 11 A 12 D 13 C 14 B 15 A
K E Y T O T H E
Page 94 – activity 1
1 F – She went there to do some
shopping.
2 T
3 T
4 T
5 F – He knew quite well that he was
a spy in the French prisons.
6 T
7 T
8 F – He himself is the informer in
the French prison that Sydney
Carton refers to.
9 F – He agrees because Sydney
Carton will tell the authorities that
he was once a spy for the English
government if he doesn’t help.
10 F – Sydney Carton says that he is
not talking about helping Charles
Darnay escape.
Page 94 – activity 2
● We can consider this a coincidence
because Mr Lorry would later receive
the letter from Gabelle addressed to
Charles. Then as we will soon learn
Charles’ family was responsible for
the imprisonment of Doctor Manette,
one of Mr Lorry’s customers.
● Miss Pross was Lucie’s nurse, and it
certainly is a coincidence that the
man who testified against Charles
Darnay and who is later in a position
to help him escape from the French
prison, is Lucie’s nurse’s brother.
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August 26, 1789
The French National Assembly
The Constitution
Liberty consists in the freedom to do
everything which injures no one else;
hence the exercise of the natural
rights of each man has no limits
except those which assure to the
A C T I V I T I E S
other members of the society the
enjoyment of the same rights.
Nothing specific
10 December 1948
the General Assembly of the United
Nations
No one shall be held in slavery or
servitude; slavery and the slave trade
shall be prohibited in all their forms.
(1) Everyone has the right to
education. Education shall be free, at
least in the elementary and
fundamental stages. Elementary
education shall be compulsory.
Technical and professional education
shall be made generally available and
higher education shall be equally
accessible to all on the basis of merit.
(2) Education shall be directed to the
full development of the human
personality and to the strengthening
of respect for human rights and
fundamental freedoms. It shall
promote understanding, tolerance
and friendship among all nations,
racial or religious groups, and shall
further the activities of the United
Nations for the maintenance of
peace.
(3) Parents have a prior right to
choose the kind of education that
shall be given to their children.
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1D 2A 3C
Chapter Ten
Page 106 – activity 1
1B 2C 3A 4C 5D 6A 7B 8C 9C
Page 108 – activity 2
1 The great hatred of Madame Defarge
derives from the great evil done to
her family, and now she wishes to do
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evil to the Evrémonde family in Negative feelings 5 He heard the wind whistling through threatening each other in languages
return. anger contempt disgust the trees. the other can’t understand.
2 Love. Doctor Manette’s love for his Doctors 6 They saw the robber jump out of the B She becomes deaf as a result of her
daughter allows him to overcome the treat sick wound patient window. battle, and her deafness is so
hate he feels for the Evrémonde Showing positive feelings 7 The lawyer heard the judge call for complete she cannot hear the
family, at least as far as Charles is clap cheer silence in the courtroom. dreadful sound of the tumbrils, a
concerned. Showing negative feelings 8 We saw the children running up and sound that has become symbolic for
jeer sneer down the stairs. the horrors of the Revolution.
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Shops
Sample answer Page 119 – activity 2 B Page 129 – activity 4 A
customers order
(Student’s should also include their 1 writing 2 fall down 3 sing 1 I’d prefer to eat at home tonight.
I T U W A S T H E O R D E R B E
personal opinion on this situation, how A N X N Q U C L T A Z Y D J O S 4 break, watching, looking 5 flowing 2 I’d rather go to the cinema.
they would feel, etc.) D B O N C E V L C R U P T E T I 6 burning, shout 7 playing, practising 3 I’d rather read a mystery story.
B U R U T L O J A U E L A E L S
In the novel A Tale of Two Cities Charles D E M O I L E A A P L A L R A T
8 bump 4 I’d prefer to talk about it another
Dickens does not present Madame W I T A T A I N B I G T T C R E time.
Defarge as a victim, as would be O S S U N H Y G D A Y S I N C R
U S E G T T E E A S I C K G U R Chapter Twelve 5 I’d rather not do it.
expected, but as the villain. The death N S C E U T L R B L A H K F S N 6 I’d prefer to go home.
of her brother, sister, brother-in-law D W E L L S M Y R M O E H E T P
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and indirectly her father, all at the
P E O P L E T P A T I E N T O D Page 130 – activity 4 B
S E N T B Y M E A N S R F A M C 1 He felt sorry for Doctor Manette.
hands of Charles’ father, the Marquis W C O N T E M P T W I N N E E R 1 defend / we’d rather Sydney Carton
L O S E R S A R E A S N E E R S 2 Since she was beautiful, it would be ‘a
Evrémonde and his twin brother, has defended you.
I R E L A T I V E S A L T H E S pretty sight’.
incensed in her an anger and a F R A H U S B A N D K I N D L Y 2 take / I’d rather Mr Cruncher took it.
3 She would talk to her and see if she
somewhat understandable desperate 3 knit / I’d rather Madame Defarge
said something against the Republic.
desire for revenge. Now her extension Chapter Eleven knitted it.
4 She didn’t want her to see that the
of that vengeful desire also includes 4 teach / I’d rather Charles Darnay
family had gone.
Lucie, Doctor Manette and Charles, who Page 110 – activity 1 taught you.
5 She had to be certain that Doctor
are not even remotely connected with 1 day 2 thought 3 die 4 letter 5 do / I’d rather Miss Pross did it.
Manette and Lucie were gone before
the evil her family suffered, causes us to 5 nothing 6 uncle 7 told 8 daughter 6 torture / we’d rather the Marquis St
she could send soldiers to get them.
lose our sympathy with her. 9 responsible 10 finished 11 woke Evrémonde tortured them.
6 She was accidentally shot by her own
Had I written this novel, I would have 12 began 13 guillotine 14 like 7 keep / I’d rather Mr Lorry kept them.
pistol while fighting with Miss Pross.
presented a more complete portrait of 15 struck 8 show / I’d rather Monsieur Defarge
7 The pistol shot.
this desperate woman, while keeping all showed you.
Page 110 – activity 2 8 The fact that Miss Pross had become
the darkness and hatred of her 9 examine / I’d rather Doctor Manette
deaf.
character. I would have brought out Open answers. examined her.
that her evil actions are really a Page 128 – activity 2
Page 117 – activity 1 The French Revolution
continuation of the suffering she must 1H 2D 3C 4I 5A 6G 7F 8B
have felt when her family all died at the 1I 2H 3B 4K 5L 6D 7F 8J in a Tale of Two Cities
E not used
hands of those two aristocratic 9 M 10 N
brothers; and that her constant search Page 129 – activity 3 Page 133 – activity 1
Page 118 – activity 2 A
for bloody revenge means that she has A He points out to us that they could 1 He focuses on individuals.
not yet left the hell of some twenty 1 He heard the crowd yell.
not understand each other’s 2 He shows them as cruel and corrupt.
years earlier. 2 He heard the dog barking under his
language but that by means of their 3 As the Revolution becomes
window.
gestures and the tone of their voices increasingly violent Dickens become
Page 109 – activity 4 3 I felt something moving in my hair.
they understood each other much less sympathetic towards the
Family 4 She felt the rain splashing against
perfectly. There is something nearly revolutionaries.
brother sister husband relatives her face.
surreal about these two women
uncle

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Open answers. Sample answer 41 (that) he was leaving Paris
Paper 1 – Reading From a personal point of view, I must 42 is crueller than
Part 1 say that I would not sacrifice myself for 43 and Miss Pross hate each
Chapter Thirteen 44 my fear, I must
1C 2B 3A 4C 5D 6C 7B 8B such a reason. I do not think that
Page 135 – activity 1 somebody is guilty or bad just because 45 as soon as he arrived
Part 2 he works with bad people. It is more 46 what are you doing
1 unhappy 2 prisoners 3 miserable
9 G 10 B 11 F 12 A 13 C important what that person does, and if 47 used to be executed with
4 suffering 5 famous 6 intensity
D not used Sydney Carton did not do bad things 48 had even been tried
7 anxiously 8 loudly 9 frightened
10 quietly 11 contemptuously than I do not see him as a bad person. Paper 4 – Listening
Part 3
Still, from a psychological point of view I
Page 140 – activity 1 14 A 15 A 16 C 17 B 18 D 19 D 20 D can understand him. After all, the Part 1
1 F – He was singing and dancing 21 D corruption and violence at the time was 1A 2B 3C 4A 5A 6C
because he had gone mad from Paper 2 – Writing great. Justice was slow and benefited
his suffering. the wealthy as Dickens often showed. Part 2
Part 1 7 worried and nervous
2 F – He didn’t want anybody So, since Carton had to enter into this
to realise that Charles Darnay Sample answer system to do his job well, and was 8 treason
was not there. Dear Lilian, immersed in this corrupt world every 9 he was a spy
3 T I am so glad you are coming to London, day, it is understandable that he would 10 property
4 T where you will discover many buildings feel corrupted and bad too. 11 on the Dover mail
5 F – He hopes that they will and places connected with Dickens’s Also, since Carton drank, this probably 12 the boat when he returned from
lead happy lives. novels. First, I think you should go to the made him feel even worse about himself France
6 T Dickens House Museum, which is a in the end.
Part 3
great starting point for your So, the chance to do something truly
Page 140 – activity 2 13 B 14 B 15 C 16 D 17 D 18 D
explorations. The address is 48 Doughty noble for a woman he idealised probably
1F 2B 3A 4C 5G 6E 7I 8H 9D Street, and you can easily reach it from attracted him greatly, and might have Part 4
1 spy 2 traitor 3 beaten 4 escape several tube stations. It’s open Monday seemed like a kind of liberation from the
barbarous world of the courts. 19 C 20 A 21 B 22 C
5 studying 6 Barsad 7 Pross to Saturday from 10 am till 5 pm and
8 accuser 9 son-in-law 10 cell costs £4 with a student’s card. Paper 3 – Use of English Paper 5 – Speaking
11 taken 12 account 13 descendants After this you might want to go to Open answers.
14 wipe 15 Paris 16 dismay Westminster Abbey where you can see Part 1
17 brother 18 death 19 Charles Dickens’s tomb in Poet’s Corner. Then 1A 2D 3C 4D 5A 6B 7C 8C
20 tumbril 21 kiss 22 drew 23 crash you can go to see the fabulous St Paul’s 9 A 10 C 11 D 12 A 13 C 14 A 15 A
Cathedral, which often appears in
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Dickens’s novels and which is worth
1 J E E R I N G seeing. 16 there 17 along 18 last 19 they
2 B O N N E T Finally, to escape London, you can go to 20 in 21 about 22 on 23 were
3 S H A M E see Dickens’s beautiful seaside home, 24 winter 25 as 26 while 27 in
‘Bleakhouse’ on the Kent coast. That too 28 seen 29 each 30 him
4 B E A T E N
is a lovely place to visit and I would be Part 3
5 T U M B R I L S
more than happy to drive you there any
6 U T T E R 31 existence 32 forgotten 33 alive
Sunday. Yes, don’t forget to bring your
7 C R A V A T student’s card as it will be cheaper for 34 incredibly 35 Desperation
8 D I S M A Y you to visit places. 36 harder 37 fortunately 38 migrated © 2007 Black Cat Publishing,
39 confusion 40 endurance an imprint of Cideb Editrice,
9 A C C O U N T Well, that’s about all. Can’t wait to see Genoa, Canterbury
10 O U T R A G E O U S
you.

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FCE 1 Choose the right answer – A, B, C or D – for the following questions.
1 What did Mr Lorry mean by his message, ‘Recalled to life’?
A That Doctor Manette had been released from prison.
B That Lucie Manette would now become part of Doctor Manette’s
life again.
C That he had discovered that Doctor Manette was not really dead,
but had been in prison.
D hat Lucie Manette was finally going back to her life in Paris.
2 How did Mr Lorry first meet Doctor Manette?
A He managed the financial affairs of Doctor Manette and his wife.
B He was a good friend of Lucie’s.
C He was introduced to him by Monsieur Defarge.
D They were both travelling on the same boat from Dover to
France.
3 Why was Doctor Manette in Monsieur Defarge’s care when he first got
out of prison?
A Because Monsieur Defarge saw him as a hero of the Revolution.
B Because he had been Doctor Manette’s servant.
C Because Monsieur Defarge worked for the Paris branch of
Tellson’s bank.
D Because he needed the shoes that Doctor Manette made.
4 Why was Charles Darnay on trial in England?
A For spying.
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B For debt.
C For gambling.
D For lying to an English court.
5 What coincidence helped to get Charles Darnay acquitted in the English
trial?
A The fact that he and Mr Lorry were on the same mail travelling
to Dover.
B The fact that he and Mr Lorry were on the same boat travelling
to England.
C The fact that he and Sydney Carton resembled each other.
D The fact that he and John Barsad resembled each other.
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6 What was the Marquis’s main worry when his carriage ran over
Jacques’s child?
A That he was responsible for the death of an innocent child.
B That his nephew, Charles Darnay, would be angry with him.
C That Jacques would try to kill him.
D That his horses were hurt.
7 Why was Doctor Manette pale and trembling after Charles Darnay told
him his real name?
A Because he realised that Charles Darnay was a member of the
French aristocracy.
B Because he realised that he was the son of one of the men who
was responsible for putting him in prison.
C Because he realised that Charles Darnay was a liar.
D Because he realised that Charles Darnay would one day take his
daughter back to France.
8 Why did Charles Darnay decide to go to France after the Revolution had
begun?
A Because he wanted to fight for the aristocracy.
B Because he wanted to fight for the Revolution.
C Because he was afraid the English would think he was a spy.
D Because he felt that he had to help a servant of his family who
was in prison.
9 Why was Doctor Manette considered a hero of the French Revolution?
A Because he had been a prisoner of the Bastille for many years.
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B Because he had helped to conquer the Bastille.
C Because Monsieur Defarge had been his servant.
D Because he saved the lives of many people when he had worked
as a doctor.
10 How did Charles Darnay’s English trial help him to get acquitted during
his French trial?
A He was tried in England as a spy: this showed that he was not a
friend of the English aristocratic regime.
B He was tried in England as a spy: this showed that he had a job,
unlike the real French aristocrats.
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C The English acquitted him: this showed that he was not really a
bad person.
D Doctor Manette had testified in his favour during the English
trial: this showed that Charles must be a friend of the French
Revolution.
11 Why did Doctor Manette accuse Charles Darnay?
A Because he had discovered that Charles’s father and uncle had
been responsible for placing him in the Bastille.
B Because he did not approve of his marriage with Lucie.
C Because he had denounced all the descendants of the
Evrémonde family.
D Because he thought that Charles was a bad person since he
resembled Sydney Carton.
12 How did Sydney Carton convince Solomon Pross to help him?
A Sydney Carton told Solomon that he would tell the French that
he was English.
B Sydney Carton told Solomon that he would tell the French that
he had been in debtors’ prison.
C Sydney Carton told Solomon that he would tell the French that
he had been an informer for the English.
D Sydney Carton told Solomon that he would tell the French that
his sister worked for Mr Lorry.
13 Why was Doctor Manette placed in prison?
A Because he had tried to help the poor people that the Evrémonde
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brothers had hurt.
B Because he had been a friend of the Evrémonde brothers.
C Because he had tried to tell the authorities what the
Evrémonde brothers had done.
D Because Charles’ mother was afraid that he would tell the
authorities what her husband had done.
14 Who did Sydney think would one day tell his story?
A Lucie.
B Lucie’s daughter.
C Lucie’s son.
D Doctor Manette.
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2 Shades of Meaning
In A Tale of Two Cities an accurate interpretation of certain phrases and
sentences is essential to the story.
1 Why does Mr Lorry keep saying that it was ‘just a business relationship’
when he talks about Lucie’s family?
2 Why is Sydney Carton telling the truth when he tells Solomon that he
doesn’t want Darnay to ‘escape’ from the prison?
3 What is the irony of the note left by the murderer of Marquis
Evrémonde: ‘Drive him fast to his tomb, Jacques’?
3 A Tale of Two Treasons
Charles Darnay is accused of treason by both the English and the French.
What do these two trials have in common with regard to:
1 the way the authorities try to condemn him?
2 the punishment that he will receive?
4 Things in Common
1 What do Madame Defarge and Doctor Manette have in common?
2 What do Sydney Carton and Charles Darnay have in common?
5 Sacrifice
1 What is Doctor Manette’s great sacrifice for his daughter?
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2 What does Charles Darnay sacrifice?
3 What does Miss Pross sacrifice?
6 Symbols
What do the following things symbolise?
1 the wine barrel that falls in the street
2 the making of hot chocolate
3 Miss Pross’s inability to hear the tumbrels
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Activity 1
1C 2A 3B 4A 5C 6D 7B 8D
9 A 10 A 11 C 12 C 13 C 14 C
Activity 2
1 Mr Lorry is referring to his
relationship to Doctor Manette and
his family, who were indeed his
bank’s customers, but their
relationship was deeply human. He
brought Lucie to England after the
disappearance of her father, and he
brought Lucie the news that her
father was alive. However, Mr Lorry
felt the need as an employee of
Tellson’s Bank to hide the fact that
he was working to help Doctor
Manette and his daughter because
they were, quite simply, his friends.
2 Because ‘escape’ means that a
person tries to get away from prison,
while Charles never tries to run away
from the prison and would never
have accepted to have Sydney die in
his place. So, in the end, Charles is
carried out of prison, and does not
escape.
3 Jacques is referring to the fact that
the Marquis’s carriage was travelling
fast when it killed his daughter, and
therefore he wants a carriage to take
the dead body of the Marquis quickly
to his grave.
Activity 3
1 Both the French and English
authorities are not honest in the
evidence they use against him. In
England the authorities use an
informer who is obviously not very
honest; and in France the authorities
use the accusation of a man who
would not have willingly accused his
own son-in-law.
2 Both punishments, quartering and
death by the guillotine, are shown to
be barbarous. In addition, both
punishments were carried out
publicly.
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Activity 4
1 Both of them suffered greatly at the
hands of the Marquis Evrémonde and
his twin brother.
2 They are both ‘stained’ by the world
they live in: Charles is stained by the
bad actions of his family, and Sydney
is stained by the corruption of the
English courts.
Both of them try to wipe away this
stain: Charles by renouncing his
family name and property, and by
helping Gabelle; Sydney by dying for
Lucie and her family.
They both love Lucie.
Finally, they look alike, which
emphasises the fact that they have
much in common.
Activity 5
1 He accepts her marriage to the son
of the man who had him put in
prison.
2 He gives up his property and name;
and he also returns to France, risking
his life, to help a servant of his
family.
3 She sacrifices her hearing to save
Lucie and her family.
Activity 6
1 It shows the drunken violence that
will characterise the aftermath of
the Revolution.
2 It symbolises the arrogant and
absurd waste of the French
aristocracy.
3 This shows the momentous nature of
her battle with the evil Madame
Defarge.