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Great Expectations Quiz 1

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

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