Question

What is the best paraphrase of the highlighted words in this reading passage?

(THIS IS THE READING PASSAGE)
There were three rooms on each floor, and the doors of each room had been left open to air them out. Mr. Lorry, smiling as he thought of that resemblance to Lucie Manette that he saw all around him, walked from one room to another. The first room was the nicest. In it were Lucie’s pet birds, flowers, books, a desk, a worktable, and a box of watercolor paints. The second room was Dr. Manette’s consulting room, which they also used as a dining room. The third room was the doctor’s bedroom. Light filtered in through the leaves of the plane tree outside the window and speckled the walls and floor in shifting patterns. In the corner stood the unused shoemaker’s bench and a tray of tools. It looked the same as it had on the fifth floor of that miserable house near the wine shop in the suburb of Saint Antoine in Paris.
“I wonder,” said Mr. Lorry, pausing in his looking about, “that he keeps that reminder of his sufferings about him!”

the highlighted words are :"that he keeps that reminder of his sufferings about him!”

the choices are:
A: The shoemaker's bench and tools brought back terrible memories for Dr. Manette.
B:The house reminded Dr. Manette of the house he owned in Paris.
C.The doctor's consulting room was furnished like the one he had in France.
D: The books had been brought from France and were favorites of Dr. Manette's wife.

Answer 1

i would say A, because the shoemaker's bench is the last thing referenced before the dialogue. it doesn't really sound like he's concerned abt the wife bc he seemed fond of the stuff that was like a reminder of her (D) and it's not the house that looks the same as paris, just that the shoemaker's bench didn't change (B). idek how to say C is wrong but

Answer 2

A: The shoemaker's bench and tools brought back terrible memories for Dr. Manette.

Step-by-step explanation:

In Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities", the story revolves around the character of Dr. Alexandre Manette who had been reunited with his daughter after being in captivity for 18 years. The new life that they lead in London after their past life in Paris sets the plot of the story in these two places.

The given passage is from Book 2 chapter VI where Mr. Jarvis Lorry had went to the residence of the Manettes in London. While waiting for the doctor, he walked around the house and 'toured' the house. Once in the bedroom of the doctor, he found that the room "looked the same as it had on the fifth floor of that miserable house near the wine shop in the suburb of Saint Antoine in Paris". The very last line of the passage shows Mr. Lorry exclaiming why the doctor still "keeps... the reminder of his sufferings about him", which suggests that they (the shoemaker's bench and tools) bring back terrible memories for the doctor.

Thus, the correct answer is option A.