1. Where Did Pip Get His Name?

great expectation

1. Where did Pip get his name?

It was the county where he was from.
It was how he pronounced his last name when he was a child.
From his sister and caregiver Mrs. Joe Gargery who thought he was an irritating pip-squeak.
From Joe Gargery.

2. Who is the narrator of Great Expectations?

Pip
Joe Gargery
An unknown omnipotent narrator who uses the third person.
An old sailor who heard the story.

3. Mrs. Joe can best be described as:

Nagging and temperamental
Kind and generous
Strange but a hard worker
Quiet and shy

4. Pip's relationship with Joe for much of the book can best described as:

A friendly acquaintance
A friendship, but much of the time unequal as Pip thinks he is superior
An friendship, but some of the time unequal as Pip feels embarrassed by Joe
A father/son relationship

5. The convict who Pip feeds at the beginning of the novel reappears later with a name. That name is:

Jaggers
Wemmick
Magwitch
Mr. Wopsle

6. For Pip, dinner with Mrs. Joe was always:

Agonizing.
Delightful.
Friendly
Yummy.

7. Pip is helped with his education at a young age by:

Biddy
Pumblechook
Joe
Mrs. Joe

8. Pip is first blessed with great expectations when:

Miss Havisham requests that he comes and plays at her mansion.
He receives notification from Mr. Jaggers that he is to go to London.
Joe gives him a job in the forge.
Miss Havisham gives Pip her inheritance.

9. Throughout the novel, the marshes, for Pip, have represented his:

great expectations.
love for Biddy.
lowly background.
love for Estella.

10. Pip becomes roommates with Herbert in London. Pip had met Herbert once before, in:

Miss Havisham's garden, where they fought.
the marshes with the convicts.
the town pub.
a coach on the way to London.

11. Wemmick would probably agree most with this cliché'.

A man's home is his castle.
There's no time like the present.
It's better to burn out then to fade away.
Do unto others as you would have them do to you.

12. When Joe visits Pip in London, the meal they had together can best be described as:

jolly and joyful.
stilted and uncomfortable.
grandiose, yet delicious.
just like old times.

13. It is apparent by midway through the book that Miss Havisham raised Estella to:

be with Pip.
clean the house.
have no heart and break the hearts of men.
become a housewife and mother.

14. While living in London, Pip believes that he belongs with Estella and that they would be blissfully happy if they married. At the same time, however, Pip admits to himself:

that any time he spends with her he himself is constantly miserable.
that she was too pretty to ever be happy with him.
she's too career oriented.
she's much too short.

15. The final words of Miss. Joe Gargery apparently indicated that:

she was apologizing for her behavior toward Pip and Joe.
that Orlick had crippled her.
she had a large inheritance herself.
that she was Pip's real mother.

16. The 'great expectation' that Pip expected for his 21st birthday was:

His benefactor would make her/himself known to Pip.
He would finally get a job.
Estella would agree to marry him.
Miss Havisham would give him more money.

17. How does Pip help Herbert?

He leaves Herbert his inheritance.
He secretly sets up a job for him.
He gives Herbert some cash.
He gets Herbert out of jail.

18. At one point, Estella is being courted by Drummle, who:

Pip despised even before he started seeing Estella.
was Pip's best friend in the Finches of the Grove.
Pip wrestled once in the Miss Havisham's garden.
Pip looks up to and admires.

19. Why did Magwitch work all those years only to send the money to Pip?

because Magwitch loved Miss Havisham.
because Pip was his sister's son.
because Pip fed him wittles many years before when he was an escaped convict.
because Pip was his son.

20. Pip's reaction to Magwitch when the convict presents himself as Pip's benefactor is:

worried and stressed.
cold and disgusted.
warm and loving.
Pip already knew.

21. Magwitch needs to hide while in London because:

Jaggers wants to kill him.
Miss Havisham will have him hung.
Pip doesn't want people to see him.
He would be arrested immediately in the police found him.

22. The half crazed man named Arthur who worked with Compeyson before Magwitch was actually:

Miss Havisham's brother.
Miss Havisham's lover.
Pip's father.
Estella's father.

23. According to Magwitch, why did Compeyson get a lesser sentence than Magwitch when they both got into trouble?

Because Compeyson was related to Miss Havisham.
Because Compeyson did not actually do the crime.
Because Jaggers was Compeyson's lawyer.
Only because Compeyson was a gentleman.

24. Wemmick finds out that Pip is being watched by:

Compeyson.
Jaggers.
the prisoners he befriends at Newgate.
Magwitch.

25. Ironically, after Miss Havisham catches on fire, the doctors lay her:

on her table where the wedding cake is.
on a gurney kept close for just such an occasion.
in her garden where she had not been for twenty years.
in her bed that she has never slept in.

1. What is the name of Miss Havisham’s manor?

(A) Satis House

(B) Lockmont

(D) Satyr House

2. In what region of England are the marshes of the novel found?

(A) Sussex

(B) Wessex

(D) Gloucestershire

3. How old is Pip when Magwitch returns to his life?

(A) 9

(B) 23

(D) 7

4. In what publication was Great Expectations originally serialized?

(A) Home and Away

(B) The English Almanac

(D) All the Year Round

5. To what genre of fiction, defined by its depiction of a character’s growth from childhood to adulthood, does Great Expectations belong?

(A) Bildungsroman

(B) Kunstlerspiegel

(D) Victorian paternalism

6. Who is Pip’s tutor in London?

(A) Harold Pocket

(B) Walter Pocket

(D) Matthew Pocket

7. Who is Estella’s father?

(A) Compeyson

(B) Magwitch

(D) Jaggers

8. What action does Jaggers perform obsessively?

(A) He straightens his necktie.

(B) He adjusts his hair.

(D) He washes his hands.

9. What is Pip’s reaction to Joe’s visit to him in London?

(A) Embarrassment

(B) Joy

(D) Resignation

10. Who takes credit for Pip’s rise in social status?

(A) Mrs. Joe

(B) Joe

(D) Biddy

11. Who is responsible for the attack on Mrs. Joe?

(A) Magwitch

(B) Orlick

(D) Pip

12. For most of the novel, whom does Pip suspect of being his secret benefactor?

(A) Jaggers

(B) Magwitch

(D) Miss Havisham

13. What name does Wemmick call his elderly father?

(A) “Aged Parent”

(B) “Venerable Ancestor”

(D) “Old Feller”

14. Who tells Pip that Compeyson was Miss Havisham’s fiancé?

(A) Wemmick

(B) Estella

(D) Magwitch

15. What is Herbert’s nickname for Pip?

(A) Haydn

(B) Handel

(D) Salieri

16. Where does Pip first encounter Magwitch?

(A) The river

(B) Mrs. Joe’s house

(D) The churchyard

17. Who is the “pale young gentleman”?

(A) Wemmick

(B) Herbert

(D) Startop

18. Whom does Estella marry?

(A) Startop

(B) Pip

(D) Herbert

19. Who buys Herbert’s way into business?

(A) Pip

(B) Miss Havisham

(D) Estella

20. What happens to Compeyson at the end of the novel?

(A) He escapes with the Havisham fortune.

(B) He is shot by the police.

(D) He disappears and is presumed drowned.

21. Where does Estella live when she goes abroad?

(A) France

(B) Spain

(D) Boston

22. What was the name of Miss Havisham’s brother, Compeyson’s first partner?

(A) Magwitch

(B) Tumbler

(D) John

23. What accident befalls Miss Havisham before her death?

(A) She is thrown from a horse.

(B) She falls from a window.

(D) She is burned in a fire.

24. What is the source of the Havisham fortune?

(A) Lumberyards

(B) A cotton mill

(D) A noble estate

25. What name does Magwitch use to hide his identity?

(A) Provis

(B) Clovis

(D) Uncle Caveat

Who does Pip erroneously believe is his benefactor?

Joe

Estella

Jaggers

Miss Havisham

Magwitch returns to Pip's life when Pip is how old?

What does Pip want Miss Havisham to do after he finishes his apprenticeship?

Ask Estella to marry him

Send him to the United States

Help him become a gentleman

Help him set up his own shop

This character claims responsibility for Pip’s rise in class:

Estella

Pumblechook

Compeyson

Biddy

What two items does the convict demand Pip bring him?

Food and money

Whiskey and a newspaper

Food and a file

A sandwich and hot coffee

What does Jaggers do obsessively?

Chews tobacco

Washes his hands

Trims his fingernails

Picks his nose

Who has raised Pip?

An orphanage

His grandmother

His aunt

His sister

What does Estella call Pip that hurts his feelings?

Common

Dirty

A bastard

Ugly

Who teaches Pip how to read and write?

Mrs. Joe

Estella

Miss Havisham

Biddy

Who is Estella's father?

Compeyson

Arthur

Jaggers

Magwitch

Q. What did Pip wish of Joe?

More attentive

More interest in sports

More educated

More genteel

Nicer

Q. "Do you feel that you have lost her?" is said by

Pip

Estella

Miss Havisham

Joe

Biddy

Q. "You call me a lucky fellow" is said by

Joe

Pip

Abel

Mr. Jaggers

Herbert

Q. Who said, "I am not a-going fur to tell you my life, like a song or a story-book"?

Pip

Estella

Joe

Estella

Magwitch

Q. Who said, "On this day of the year, long before you were born, this heap of decay"?

Magwitch

Pip

Joe

Miss Havisham

Estella

Q. Obsession with what leads to Pip's loss of dignity?

Love

Friendship

Lies

Innocence

Society

Q. Society is divided along

Geography

Wealth

Class lines

Appearances

Educational attainment

Q. What serves to motivate some and destroy others?

Time

Innocence

Lies

Dreams

Wealth

Q. What is closely tied to loyalty?

Society

Wealth

Friendship

Love

Innocence

Q. What is closely tied to destruction and is the protagonist’s guiding light and reason for living?

Love

Dreams

Innocence

Time

Criminality

Q. Dickens creates a universe of

Darkness

Sunlight

Color

Excellence

Hope

Q. Estella's name means

Hopeful

Beautiful

Rude

Arrogant

Star

Q. What can obstruct and reveal?

Sun

Mists

Glasses

Walls

Windows

Q. What makes us think of things that are hidden?

Mists

Darkness

Gardens

Locks and keys

Windows

Q. What suggests innocence has been lost?

Darkness

Mists

Sunlight

Miss Havisham's garden

Bugs

Q. Whom does Pip meet in a churchyard on Christmas Eve?

An escaped convict

A spirit

A kindly nun

An elf, on his way to file for unemployment due to cutbacks

Q. What has Miss Havisham worn every day for years?

Underwear, thank God

A silver necklace

Her wedding dress

A charm given to her by her late husband

Q. Which describes Pip’s feelings toward Estella?

He hates her with every fiber of his being

He doesn’t even know she exists. No, seriously, who’s Estella?

She is like the sister that he never had

At first he thinks she is cold, but eventually he falls in love with her

Q. How does Pip come into his fortune?

He robs Miss Havisham

His wealthy grandfather dies

He receives money from an anonymous benefactor

A lucky night at the craps table

Hard work and perseverance

Q. What does Herbert help Pip learn how to do?

Be a gentleman

Play cards

Become a lawyer

Tie a maraschino cherry stem into a knot with his tongue

Q. How does Pip decide to use the new allowance Mr. Jaggers gives him?

By buying Estella expensive gifts

Two words - plasma... HD...

By helping Herbert to secure a job

By buying himself a whole new wardrobe

Q. Whom does Pip discover is his benefactor?

Miss Havisham

The convict

Oprah

Estella

Mr. Jaggers

Q. Whom does Estella marry?

Pip

Pip’s nemesis

The Bachelor, after she is handed a flower at the final rose ceremony

Herbert

Q. What does Pip tell Magwitch about Estella?

That she has ratted Magwitch out to the authorities

That somebody likes him...

That she has evidence that can prove his innocence

That she is his daughter

Q. What do Joe and Biddy name their son?

Pip

Magwitch

Estella

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