TALE OF TWO CITIES

Study Guide

 

 

VOCABULARY

 

glib

 

jackal

 

sonorous

 

blight

 

deprecate

 

genial

 

cessation

 

soliloquy

 

perpetuate

 

florid

 

capitulate

 

hob

 

tumbrils

 

adjacent

 

atheistical

 

 

Be prepared to write this passage from memory.

 

“IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way –

 

Be prepared to write paragraphs on how Dr. Manette, Charles Darnay, and Sydney Carton were each figuratively buried alive and recalled to life.

 

 

During review take notes on the following characters and places.

 

Paris

 

London

 

The Bastille

 

La Force

 

The Old Bailey

 

Tellesons

 

Jarvis Lorry

 

Lucie Manette

 

Dr. Manette

 

Jerry Cruncher

 

Little Jerry

 

Little Lucie

 

Charles Darnay

 

Sydney Carton

 

Mr. Stryver

 

The Marquis Evermonde

 

Mrs. Cruncher

 

Ernest Defarge

 

Madame Defarge

 

John Barsad

 

Roger Cly

 

The Vengeance

 

Miss Pross

 

Gaspard

 

Gabelle