Name____________________________ English 11
Block_____ Charles Dickens' Dr. P. V. Allingham
Great Expectations EXAM

INSTRUCTIONS: Circle the BEST answer for each of the following questions

1. The reader can tell from the beginning of the story that Mrs. Joe

A. adores little children.
B. is strict but kind-hearted.
C. is difficult to get along with.
D. has many friends and relatives.

2. Riding in Uncle Pumblechook's carriage, Pip has tears in his eyes for all the following reasons EXCEPT that

A. he was sad to be leaving Joe.
B. soapsuds were burning his eyes.
C. he was excited about being away from home.
D. he was happy about being with Uncle Pumblechook.

3. Throughout the novel Pip thinks of Miss Havisham as his "fairy godmother" because

A. they are good friends.
B. she always wears a wedding dress.
C. he thinks she is his secret benefactor
D. she has always been so kind to him at Satis House.

4. The title of the novel implies all of the following EXCEPT

A. youthful hopes for the future.
B. a substantial inheritance or bequest.
C. someone who provides a gift, often money.
D. someone's being recognized as being of high or noble birth.

5. Joe's putting Pip's indentures in the fire means that

A. Joe is angry at Pip's disloyalty.
B. Pip is completely free to choose a career.
C. Joe is happy that Pip is finally leaving home.
D. Pip has become a master blacksmith in his own right.

6. When Wemmick refers to one of Jagger's ex-clients as a "rogue," he means that the man is a

A. thief. B. trickster. C. vagabond. D. womanizer.

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7. Miss Havisham sends Estella off to France to

A. make sure that she and Pip are not together.
B. marry her to off to the cruel but wealthy Drummle.
C. assure that she remains ignorant of her own parentage.
D. finish her training to get revenge on men by breaking their hearts.

8. In chapter 24 when Pip "shuddered at the thought that [his guest's hand] might be stained with blood," he means that

A. his guest may have killed someone.
B. the hand has been covered in blood.
C. his guest is perhaps thinking of killing him.
D. the hand badly needs washing and bandaging.

9. What does Miss Havisham mean in Chapter 11 when she says, "It and I have worn away together. The mice have gnawed at it, and sharper teeth than teeth of mice have gnawed at me"?

A. her own anger and bitterness have eaten away at her soul.
B. she is angry at what people in the community have said about her
C. her preparations for avenging herself on men have left her unreasonably
bitter.
D. she is certain that the whole house is infested with rats and other large
rodents.

10. All of the clocks in Satis House had been stopped at the precise time that Miss Havisham found out that

A. her father had been killed in an accident.
B. she had been robbed of her entire fortune.
C. Compeyson had cancelled their wedding.
D. she was going to be able to adopt Estella.

INSTRUCTIONS for questions 11-15. Circle the definition which BEST suits the underlined word in each of the following passages from the novel. (5 marks)

11. "I knew Mrs. Joe's housekeeping to be of the strictest kind, and that my larcenous researches might find nothing available in the safe" (pg. 8).

A. noisy. B. quick . C. thieving. D. confident.

12. "But, morning once more brightened my view, and I extended my clemency to Biddy, and we dropped the subject" (pg. 145)

A. anger B. mercy C. stubborness D. annoyance

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13. "'I say, you know!' muttered Joe, shaking his head at me in a very serious remonstrance." (pg. 9)

A. with anger.
B. to fail to fulfill a promise.
C. to give, present or submit for approval.
D. to urge reasons against any course or action.

14. "My sister having so much to do, was going to church vicariously; that is to say, Joe and I were going." (pg. 20)

A. rudely
B. unbelieving
C. imagined participation
D. with extreme and intense excitement

15. "Mr. Pumblechook's premises in the High Street of the market-town were of a peppercorny and farinaceous character, as the premises of a corn-handler and seedsman should be." (pg. 50)

A. well-kept , tidy.
B. high-class, expensive.
C. messy and slightly musty smelling.
D. dusty from powdered grains and seeds.

INSTRUCTIONS for section two: Arrange the following events in chrono- logical order, that is, as they occurred in the story. Place the letters of each event in the numbered spaces given.

____1. A. A stranger with the file approaches Pip.
____2. B. Pip confronts Drummle.
____3. C. Pip steals food and the file.
____4. D. Joe and Biddy get married.
____5. E. Pip attends the funeral of Mrs. Joe.
____6. F. Pip first meets Magwitch.
____7. G. Pip first goes to Miss Havisham's and meets Estella.
____8. H. Miss Havisham is burned in a fire.
____9. I. Pip tells Jaggers that he knows who Estella's parents are.
____10. J. Pip is ill, and Joe cares for him,

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INSTRUCTIONS: Answer TWO of the following in paragraphs of approximately 100 - 200 words each. Each paragraph will be marked out of six marks.

1. Re-read the following passage from chapter two wher Pip says: " I had seen
the mist on the outside of my little window as though a goblin had been
crying there all night and using the window for a hankerchief." What
picture does the misty window make for him? What mood does this
picture create?

2. " We have no choice, you and I, but to obey our instructions. We are not
free to follow our own devices" (Estella ,pg. 255). Are Pip and Estella
victims in the novel, or are their own characters responsible for what
happens to them? Make a case by referring to three events in the story.

3. "I'll have no feelings here" (Jaggers, pg. 401). Show how with respect to three characters that Great Expectations a novel in which far too many feeling are repressed.

Great Expectations Essay

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer ONE of the following questions in an essay format.
This essay will be assessed on the following criteria:

10 marks for organization, paragraphing, and development;
15 marks for content or quality of ideas to support argument;
10 marks for spelling, grammar, diction, and mechanics.

A. Dickens' novels have frequently been likened to fairy tales: show how in Great Expectations.he used the following fairy-tale elements: the evil magician, the good fairy, the young hero in jeopardy, the fairy godmother, the hideous monster.

B. When Dickens wrote Great Expectations, Wilkie Collins and Edgar Allen Poe had just recently invented a new form of the novel: the novel of crime and detection (otherwise known as the detective story). Show how in Great Expectations Dickens used the following detective-story elements: false clues, a villainous antagonist, a beautiful young woman in danger, an eerie setting, a missing fortune.
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