Questions with model answers on chapter 6
1)The Marquis of Evremonde was an insolent وقح rude character”. Give an example to show this.
The Maquis was a hateful character. He used to insult يهين the poor people. Even when he ran over the child (Gaspard’s son) with his carriage, he said it wasn’t his fault and blamed the people for keeping their children in his way عقبة فى طريقه . He didn’t care about the dead boy. Moreover he gave his father a coin to make up for يعوضه عن the death of his child.
2)What event in Paris led to the murder of the Marquis?
On his way back to his palace the Marquis de St Evremonde killed Gaspard’s child under his carriage. The Marquis was haughty. When he had known that the child died, he was only anxious about his horses. Later he threw out a gold coin to the child’s father and thought that everything was all right. He called the people “dogs” but none of them dared to يجرؤ do anything. They kept looking at the Marquis with hatred in their eyes. To revenge ينتقم for his son’s death, Gaspard followed the Marquis and murdered him in his bed.
3)What was the point of difference between Darnay and his uncle?
Although he was one of the Evermonde family, Darnay didn’t like his family's life. Darnay told his uncle that the name of their family was hateful to the French people because of the cruelty they did to them. The Marquis saw this a sign of respect دليل إحترام.
Darnay said that he gave up his father’s wealth because it was built on misery. It was a tower of waste, debt, hunger and suffering. The Marquis criticized نفد this saying Darnay had a weak character and regarded واعتبره him a shame عار in their family.
Quotations with model answers on chapter 6
1) “Be a brave man. It is better for the poor little thing to die so, than to live.”
Defarge said these words to Gaspard who was crying hard because the Marquis's carriage ran over him. Defarge was trying to comfort him and prevent him from attacking the Marquis. Gaspard got mad on seeing his child run over under the wheels of the Marquis’s carriage. Because he was one of the suffering people, Defarge saw it was better for the child to die than to live and lead a miserable life like them.
2)“We have done wrong, and we are reaping the fruits of our wrongs.”
Darnay said these words to his uncle when he was telling him about his intention to live in England. Charles was an anti-aristocrat ضد الأرستقراط who rejected رفض his Evermonde heritage ميراث, social title لقب اجتماعى and his country. For him, his family’s wealth was based on the misery of the poor people. That’s why they were hated by all. He wanted to repay the poor people for the wrongs his family did to them.
1)“Drive him fast to his tomb. This from JACQUES.”
This is the message Gaspard left attached to the knife he used to kill the Marquis who had killed his child. The Marquis's carriage ran over Gaspard's child. He didn't care about the feelings of his father and threw a coin instead of his dead child. Being one of the Jacques (the group preparing for the revolution), Gaspard was so angry that he followed the Marquis and killed him in bed.