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Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

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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 code name do Pip and Herbert devise for Magwitch?

(A) Provis

(B) Clovis

(D) Uncle Caveat

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