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Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
Study Guide
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Summary
Plot Overview
Five Key Questions
What Does the Ending Mean?
Summary & Analysis
Chapters 1–3
Chapters 4–7
Chapters 8–10
Chapters 11–13
Chapters 14–16
Chapters 17–19
Chapters 20–26
Chapters 27–35
Chapters 36–37
Chapters 38–39
Chapters 40–46
Chapters 47–52
Chapters 53–56
Chapters 57–59
Characters
Character List
Pip
Estella
Miss Havisham
Abel Magwitch
Joe Gargery
Main Ideas
Themes
Plot Analysis
Protagonist
Antagonist
Setting
Motifs
Symbols
Genre
Style
Point of View
Tone
Foreshadowing
Key Facts
Is Pip a success or a failure?
Quotes
Important Quotes Explained
Quotes By Theme
Ambition
Money
Social Class
Quotes By Section
Chapters 1–3
Chapters 4–7
Chapters 8–10
Chapters 11–13
Chapters 14–16
Chapters 17–19
Chapters 20–26
Chapters 27–35
Chapters 36–37
Chapters 38–39
Chapters 40–46
Chapters 47–52
Chapters 53–56
Chapters 57–59
Quotes By Character
Pip
Miss Havisham
Estella
Abel Magwitch
Joe Gargery
Further Study
Context
Crime and Transportation
Great Expectations and The Bildungsroman
Movie Adaptations
Full Book Quiz
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Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs, and Symbols
Chapters 1-3
Chapters 4-7
Chapters 8-10
Chapters 11-13
Chapters 14-16
Chapters 17-19
Chapters 20-26
Chapters 27-35
Chapters 36-37
Chapters 38-39
Chapters 40-46
Chapters 47-52
Chapters 53-56
Chapters 57-59
Study Questions
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1
. What is the name of Miss Havisham’s manor?
Satis House
Lockmont
Larchmont
Satyr House
2
. In what region of England are the marshes of the novel found?
Sussex
Wessex
Kent
Gloucestershire
3
. How old is Pip when Magwitch returns to his life?
9
23
18
7
4
. In what publication was
Great Expectations
originally serialized?
Home and Away
The English Almanac
Simple Wisdom
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?
Bildungsroman
Kunstlerspiegel
Mannerism
Victorian paternalism
6
. Who is Pip’s tutor in London?
Harold Pocket
Walter Pocket
Herbert Pocket
Matthew Pocket
7
. Who is Estella’s father?
Compeyson
Magwitch
Joe
Jaggers
8
. What action does Jaggers perform obsessively?
He straightens his necktie.
He adjusts his hair.
He signs his name.
He washes his hands.
9
. What is Pip’s reaction to Joe’s visit to him in London?
Embarrassment
Joy
Anger
Resignation
10
. Who takes credit for Pip’s rise in social status?
Mrs. Joe
Joe
Pumblechook
Biddy
11
. Who is responsible for the attack on Mrs. Joe?
Magwitch
Orlick
Compeyson
Pip
12
. For most of the novel, whom does Pip suspect of being his secret benefactor?
Jaggers
Magwitch
Joe
Miss Havisham
13
. What name does Wemmick call his elderly father?
“Aged Parent”
“Venerable Ancestor”
“Decrepit Sire”
“Old Feller”
14
. Who tells Pip that Compeyson was Miss Havisham’s fiancé?
Wemmick
Estella
Herbert
Magwitch
15
. What is Herbert’s nickname for Pip?
Haydn
Handel
Mendelssohn
Salieri
16
. Where does Pip first encounter Magwitch?
The river
Mrs. Joe’s house
The smithy
The churchyard
17
. Who is the “pale young gentleman”?
Wemmick
Herbert
Jaggers
Startop
18
. Whom does Estella marry?
Startop
Pip
Drummle
Herbert
19
. Who buys Herbert’s way into business?
Pip
Miss Havisham
Drummle
Estella
20
. What happens to Compeyson at the end of the novel?
He escapes with the Havisham fortune.
He is shot by the police.
He is killed by Orlick.
He disappears and is presumed drowned.
21
. Where does Estella live when she goes abroad?
France
Spain
Germany
Boston
22
. What was the name of Miss Havisham’s brother, Compeyson’s first partner?
Magwitch
Tumbler
Arthur
John
23
. What accident befalls Miss Havisham before her death?
She is thrown from a horse.
She falls from a window.
A table crushes her legs.
She is burned in a fire.
24
. What is the source of the Havisham fortune?
Lumberyards
A cotton mill
A brewery
A noble estate
25
. What name does Magwitch use to hide his identity?
Provis
Clovis
Quo Vadis
Uncle Caveat
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