Great Expectations Study Guide

1. Where did Pip get his name?

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