Candide/Tale of Two Cities Test

5 Written Questions

1. Assistance in time of distress; relief
2. The use of a naive hero, whose incorrect perceptions differ from the reader's correct ones.
3. A discrepancy between what is said and what is really meant; sarcasm.
4. To represent something beyond normal bounds so that it appears ridiculous and its faults/weaknesses can be seen.
5. The central or dominant idea behind a story; the most important aspect that emerges from how the book treats its subject. It is a universal statement about humanity, rather than a simple statement dealing with plot or characters.

5 Matching Questions

1. Prodigious
2. Efficacious
3. Sydney Carton
4. Vivacity
5. Stryver

1. a An attorney who works with Stryver, who resembles Charles Darnay and makes the court decide not to charge Darnay as a spy.
2. b A lawyer who is involved with the case of Charles Darnay.
3. c Liveliness; animation; sprightliness
4. d Wise in handling practical matters; exercising good judgement.
5. e Impressively great in size force or extent; enormous

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bitterly abusive feeling or expression
   1. Vivacity
   2. Satire
   3. Symbol
   4. Vitriol
2. Fortunate fault
   1. Caricature
   2. Epithet
   3. Vitriol
   4. Felix culpa
3. Vain or ostentation display
   1. Parody
   2. Pomp
   3. Theme
   4. Prodigy
4. A merciful, kind, or lenient act
   1. Insolence
   2. Prudent
   3. Clemency
   4. Irony
5. Producing or capable of producing a desired effect.
   1. Parody
   2. Irony
   3. Prudent
   4. Gilded

5 True/False Questions

1. Satire → A person or thing that causes affliction or suffering

   True        False

2. Guillotine → Painless form of execution named after Dr. Guillotine, who first proposed it.

   True        False

3. Ignominious → Marked by shame or disgrace

   True        False

4. Jerry Cruncher → A lawyer who is involved with the case of Charles Darnay.

   True        False

5. Monsieur Defarge → A wine shop owner in the poor town Saint Antoine in Paris, he formerly worked as a servant for Dr. Manette.

   True        False