Thursday, February 2, 2012

A Tale of Two Cities Study Question (First 100 pages)

1. What does the first paragraph represent? (ex: It was the best of times and it was the worst of times..)
A: It represents confusion, contrast, and contradiction.

2. What to countries are mentioned in the beginning?
A: England and France

3.Who is the horseman looking for?
A: Jarvis Lorry of Tellson's Bank

4. What message does Jarvis send to the horseman?
A: He tells him to respond to the message saying "Recalled to Life"

5. What thought keeps returning to Lorry's mind?
A: that he has to dig someone out of a grave.. very mysterious if you ask me.

6. Who is Lorry talking to?
A: Lorry is talking to an imaginary ghost asking if he should "recall to life"

7. What does the ghost respond?
A: The ghost sometimes says that he does not want to see the woman, but then at other times he cries for the woman's companionship.

8. Why is chapter 3 called "The Night Shadows"?
A: The title refers to the ghost and intimate time that Lorry spends with him.

9. Who does Lorry meet at the hotel?
A: He meets Lucie, a pretty girl who has just been notified of the death of her father, and now has to deal with his estate (a small property).

10.So far from reading, what do you think is the authors tone?
A: His tone is gloomy and dark. Death is present, and this is obvious because it is mentioned many times in the story. For example with the ghost, midnight rider, cryptic messages, and the death of Lucie's father.

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