Great Expectations By Charles Dickens Study Help Quiz

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1:  With whom does Pip live at the beginning of the book?

a. His sister and her husband

b. Miss Havisham

c. Uncle Pumblechook

d. Jaggers
2:  Miss Havisham’s is obsessed with which event from the past?

a. The death of her only daughter

b. Her fiancé’s jilting her on their wedding day

c. The loss of her favorite dog

d. The death of her husband in the war
3:  Whose admiration is Pip seeking when he tries to better himself?

a. The Pale Young Gentleman’s

b. His uncle’s

c. His sister’s

d. Estella’s
4:  What is strange about the man that Pip encounters at the Jolly Bargemen?

a. He looks exactly as Miss Havisham described her fiancé.

b. He looks exactly like Miss Havisham.

c. He has the file that Pip stole years ago for the convict.

d. He knows all the details of Pip’s life.
5:  Whom does Pip think his “great expectations” will be from?

a. Mr. Jaggers

b. Uncle Pumblechook

c. Mrs. Joe

d. Miss Havisham
6:  Who teaches Pip how to be a gentleman in London?

a. Drummle

b. Mr. Matthew Pocket

c. Mr. Jaggers

d. Mr. Wemmick
7:  Who is the true source of Pip’s “great expectations”?

a. Magwitch

b. Mr. Matthew Pocket

c. Miss Havisham

d. Mr. Jaggers
8:  Whom does Estella marry?

a. Drummle

b. Herbert

c. Pip

d. Joe
9:  Whom does Biddy marry?

a. Pip

b. Joe

c. Herbert

d. Magwitch
10:  Who says the following: “If you can’t get to be oncommon through going straight, you’ll never get to do it through going crooked.”

a. Pip

b. Miss Havisham

c. Joe

d. Mr. Pocket
11:  Who says the following: “I am as unhappy as you can ever have meant me to be.”

a. Biddy

b. Herbert

c. Estella

d. Pip
12:  Who says the following: “I never have loved and I never can love any human creature breathing but yourself."

a. Dickens

b. Pip

c. Estella

d. Clara


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