Great Expectations by Charles Dickens - Quiz
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
  • 1. Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens that was first published in 1861 and remains one of his most celebrated works. The story follows the life of an orphan named Pip, who grows up in the marshes of Kent and dreams of becoming a gentleman. Pip's life changes when he is introduced to the reclusive and eccentric Miss Havisham, who raises her beautiful but proud ward, Estella. As Pip navigates the complexities of love, social class, and personal ambition, he becomes enamored with Estella, whose heart has been hardened by Miss Havisham's manipulations. Throughout the novel, Pip receives a mysterious fortune from an unknown benefactor, which he believes comes from Miss Havisham, leading him to London to pursue his dreams. As he rises in social status, Pip grapples with his identity and the moral implications of wealth and ambition. The tale is rich with themes of class struggle, guilt, and redemption, showcasing Dickens' critique of Victorian society. Ultimately, Pip learns that true gentility comes from kindness and integrity rather than wealth and social standing, culminating in a transformative journey that profoundly shapes his understanding of himself and his relationships.

    Who is the protagonist of Great Expectations?
A) Estella
B) Joe
C) Pip
D) Miss Havisham
  • 2. What is Pip's full name?
A) Pip Wemmick
B) Pip Pocket
C) Philip Pirrip
D) Pip Gargery
  • 3. Who helps Pip become a gentleman?
A) Joe Gargery
B) Jaggers
C) Miss Havisham
D) Herbert Pocket
  • 4. What is the name of the convict that Pip helps?
A) Magwitch
B) Pumblechook
C) Jaggers
D) Compeyson
  • 5. Who is Pip's loved one?
A) Estella
B) Miss Havisham
C) Camilla
D) Biddy
  • 6. Who raises Pip after his parents die?
A) Biddy
B) Miss Havisham
C) Joe Gargery
D) Mrs. Joe
  • 7. Who is Pip's closest confidant in London?
A) Herbert Pocket
B) Wemmick
C) Jaggers
D) Orlick
  • 8. Who is Pip's sister?
A) Estella
B) Miss Havisham
C) Biddy
D) Mrs. Joe Gargery
  • 9. What is Pip's profession at the end of the novel?
A) Blacksmith
B) Farmer
C) Lawyer
D) Gentleman
  • 10. Who is the lawyer that Pip meets?
A) Jaggers
B) Herbert Pocket
C) Matthew Pocket
D) Pumblechook
  • 11. What does Pip inherit from his benefactor?
A) Money
B) Land
C) A title
D) A business
  • 12. What does Pip initially want to be?
A) A lawyer
B) A blacksmith
C) A merchant
D) A gentleman
  • 13. How does Magwitch end up in Australia?
A) He flees from Pip.
B) He volunteers.
C) He is transported as a convict.
D) He escapes.
  • 14. What does Miss Havisham wear?
A) A wedding dress
B) A black dress
C) A nurse's uniform
D) A ball gown
  • 15. What lesson does Pip ultimately learn?
A) Appearance is everything.
B) True wealth is in love and loyalty.
C) Gentlemen are superior.
D) Money can buy happiness.
  • 16. What is the name of the novel written by Charles Dickens that features Pip as its main character?
A) David Copperfield
B) Great Expectations
C) Oliver Twist
D) A Tale of Two Cities
  • 17. In which periodical was 'Great Expectations' first published as a serial?
A) All the Year Round
B) Household Words
C) Master Humphrey's Clock
D) The Examiner
  • 18. What does Pip steal from Joe's tools to give to the escaped convict?
A) An anvil
B) A file
C) A hammer
D) Tongs
  • 19. What trade is Pip apprenticed to before learning he will become a gentleman?
A) Butcher
B) Blacksmith
C) Carpenter
D) Tailor
  • 20. What does Pip mistakenly believe is the weapon used to attack his sister?
A) A rope
B) A knife
C) A hammer
D) A leg iron
  • 21. How does Pip feel about being seen with Joe in London?
A) Excited
B) Indifferent
C) Ashamed
D) Proud
  • 22. Who outrages Pip by proposing a toast to Estella?
A) Startop
B) Jaggers
C) Herbert Pocket
D) Bentley Drummle
  • 23. Why can't Abel Magwitch return to England?
A) He lost his wealth
B) He decided to stay in Australia
C) He was imprisoned in New South Wales
D) On pain of death
  • 24. What does Pip plan to do with Herbert's prospects?
A) Send him abroad for education
B) Arrange a marriage
C) Secure him a position with the shipbroker, Clarriker's, anonymously
D) Pay off his debts
  • 25. Who helps Pip plan to advance Herbert's prospects?
A) Herbert Pocket
B) Startop
C) Jaggers' clerk, John Wemmick
D) Bentley Drummle
  • 26. What does Estella tell Pip at the Assembly Ball?
A) She is engaged to Drummle
B) She loves Pip
C) She wants to leave Miss Havisham's service
D) She has no qualms about entrapping Drummle
  • 27. Why did Miss Havisham mislead Pip about his benefactor?
A) To annoy her relatives
B) Out of spite towards Pip
C) Because she forgot
D) To protect Estella
  • 28. How did Jaggers acquire his maidservant, Molly?
A) By rescuing her from the gallows
B) She found work at Jaggers's house
C) She was recommended by Miss Havisham
D) He hired her from an agency
  • 29. Who intended to murder Pip at the sluice-house?
A) Orlick
B) Startop
C) Drummle
D) Compeyson
  • 30. What does Orlick admit to having injured?
A) Herbert
B) Pip's sister
C) Estella
D) Miss Havisham
  • 31. What happens to Magwitch's fortune after his trial?
A) It is lost in a legal dispute
B) It is given to Pip
C) It goes to the Crown
D) It is divided among his family
  • 32. What event causes Miss Havisham to wear her wedding dress for years?
A) An accident
B) A family tragedy
C) The death of a loved one
D) Being jilted at the altar
  • 33. What is Estella's relationship to Miss Havisham?
A) Cousin
B) Adopted daughter
C) Biological daughter
D) Niece
  • 34. What is the relationship between Herbert Pocket and Matthew Pocket?
A) Son
B) Cousin
C) Brother
D) Friend
  • 35. What is the relationship between Estella and Molly?
A) Friend
B) Sister
C) Niece
D) Daughter
  • 36. What does Joe Gargery feel when Pip decides to leave for London?
A) Indifferent
B) Pleased
C) Disappointed
D) Angry
  • 37. What alias does Abel Magwitch use when he returns to England?
A) "Provis"
B) "Bentley Drummle"
C) "Mr. Wopsle"
D) "Joe Gargery"
  • 38. What is the name of Mr. Wopsle's stage alias?
A) "Bentley Drummle"
B) "The Aged Parent"
C) "Mr Waldengarver"
D) "Provis"
  • 39. What is the name of Mr. Jaggers's maidservant?
A) Mrs. Hubble
B) Biddy
C) Estella
D) Molly
  • 40. What is the name of John Wemmick's father?
A) "Mr. Jaggers"
B) "Provis"
C) "The Aged Parent"
D) "Bentley Drummle"
  • 41. Who is the professional swindler who betrays Abel Magwitch?
A) John Wemmick
B) Bentley Drummle
C) Mr. Jaggers
D) Compeyson
  • 42. Who does Pip want to learn more from in the evening school?
A) Biddy
B) Molly
C) Miss Havisham
D) Mrs. Hubble
  • 43. Who does Biddy open a school for after helping Mrs. Joe?
A) Her own family
B) The village children
C) Mr. Jaggers' clients
D) Pip's relatives
  • 44. Who urged Charles Dickens to change the ending of 'Great Expectations'?
A) John Forster
B) George Gissing
C) Earl Davis
D) Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • 45. What is the marital status of Estella in the revised ending?
A) Engaged to Drummle
B) Single
C) Widow
D) Married to Pip
  • 46. Which critic believed that eleven years might change Estella too?
A) Earle Davis
B) John Hillis-Miller
C) George Orwell
D) John Forster
  • 47. What percentage of All the Year Round did Charles Dickens own?
A) 25%
B) 50%
C) 75%
D) 100%
  • 48. Who co-owned All the Year Round with Charles Dickens?
A) John McLenan
B) Harper's Weekly
C) Tauchnitz
D) Wills
  • 49. How was Great Expectations initially published in terms of frequency?
A) Weekly publication intended
B) Daily publication
C) Monthly publication
D) Bi-weekly publication
  • 50. Into how many sections was Great Expectations divided for its initial publication?
A) Ten quarterly sections
B) Twelve weekly sections
C) Nine monthly sections
D) Eight bi-monthly sections
  • 51. When did Harper's Weekly begin publishing Great Expectations in the US?
A) 4 January 1861
B) 5 August 1861
C) 24 November 1860
D) 1 December 1860
  • 52. When did All the Year Round begin publishing Great Expectations in the UK?
A) 4 January 1861
B) 3 August 1861
C) 1 December 1860
D) 24 November 1860
  • 53. How much did Harper's Weekly pay for the publication rights of Great Expectations?
A) £1,500
B) £500
C) £750
D) £1,000
  • 54. What was the equivalent value in 2023 for the £1,000 paid by Harper's Weekly?
A) £75,000
B) £101,000
C) £50,000
D) £150,000
  • 55. When did Dickens sign a contract with Tauchnitz for the publication of Great Expectations?
A) 24 November 1860
B) 4 January 1861
C) 5 August 1861
D) 1 December 1860
  • 56. For which region was the Tauchnitz publication of Great Expectations intended?
A) European continent
B) Australia
C) Asia
D) United States
  • 57. Who created woodcuts for the Library Edition of Great Expectations in 1862?
A) Henry Mathew Brock
B) John McLenan
C) F. A. Fraser
D) Marcus Stone
  • 58. Which magazine published Margaret Oliphant's critical review of Great Expectations?
A) Harper's Magazine
B) Blackwood's Magazine
C) The Atlantic
D) The Times Literary Supplement
  • 59. Which literary work did Dickens reread to avoid repetition before writing Great Expectations?
A) A Christmas Carol
B) Oliver Twist
C) Bleak House
D) David Copperfield
  • 60. Which house is Satis House in Great Expectations believed to be based on?
A) Gad's Hill Place
B) Trafalgar Square
C) Restoration House near Rochester, Kent
D) Buckingham Palace
  • 61. Which character from Dickens's 1858 Christmas story shares similarities with Pip?
A) Tiny Tim
B) Bob Cratchit
C) Ebenezer Scrooge
D) Chops the Dwarf
  • 62. What principle does Dickens critique through Pip's aspirations in Great Expectations?
A) Self-help
B) Capitalism
C) Feudalism
D) Socialism
  • 63. What was the ranking of Great Expectations in the BBC's 2015 poll of British novels?
A) Fourth
B) Seventeenth
C) Fifty-second
D) First
  • 64. Which edition of Great Expectations was published in 1868?
A) The 'bargain' edition
B) The one-volume edition
C) The Charles Dickens edition
D) The Library Edition
  • 65. What did Paul Schlicke identify as the most distinguished study of Great Expectations?
A) Anny Sadrin's extensive 1988 study
B) Peter Brooks' deconstructionist reading
C) Jerome H. Buckley's chapter on Dickens
D) Julian Moynahan's essay
  • 66. Which edition of Great Expectations included an afterword with the unpublished ending?
A) The 'bargain' edition
B) Some 20th century editions
C) The Library Edition
D) The first edition in three volumes
  • 67. What was the ranking of Great Expectations in The Big Read poll?
A) First
B) Seventeenth
C) Fourth
D) Fifty-second
  • 68. How many stages are there in Pip's story?
A) Two
B) Five
C) Three
D) Four
  • 69. Who commented on Joe Gargery as a stronger character?
A) Charles Dickens
B) Algernon Swinburne
C) George Gissing
D) G. B. Shaw
  • 70. What did G. B. Shaw describe about the novel's structure?
A) Uninspired and dull
B) Lacking depth
C) Chaotic and confusing
D) Compactly perfect
  • 71. What happens to most characters in the novel?
A) They live peacefully without conflict
B) They suffer physically, psychologically, or both, or die often violently while suffering
C) They become wealthy and powerful
D) They all find happiness and success
  • 72. Who argues that analyzing Pip's relationship with Orlick helps better understand his personality?
A) Bentley Drummle
B) Julian Moynahan
C) David Trotter
D) Charles Dickens
  • 73. What is the narrative perspective used in 'Great Expectations'?
A) Second person
B) First person
C) Third person omniscient
D) Multiple perspectives
  • 74. What literary device is created when the reader knows more than the protagonist?
A) Situational irony
B) Cosmic irony
C) Dramatic irony
D) Verbal irony
  • 75. Which narrative device does Dickens use to create a Gothic atmosphere in 'Great Expectations'?
A) Gothic atmosphere
B) Comic speech mannerisms
C) Caricature
D) Intrigue
  • 76. What is symbolically reinforced by 'great expectations' in the novel?
A) Pip's character development
B) The novel's impact
C) Jaggers's legal career
D) Miss Havisham's wealth
  • 77. Which literary genre does 'Great Expectations' NOT belong to?
A) Crime novel
B) Gothic novel
C) Romance
D) Realist tradition
  • 78. What is the symbolic significance of the fire in 'Great Expectations'?
A) Desire for wealth
B) Connection to nature
C) Painful memory
D) Hope for the future
  • 79. 'Great Expectations' is similar to which other novel in terms of belonging to the romance tradition?
A) Adam Bede
B) David Copperfield
C) Bleak House
D) Wuthering Heights
  • 80. What does the twilight symbolize in 'Great Expectations'?
A) Pip's financial success
B) Miss Havisham's happiness
C) A recurring symbolic image
D) The end of Pip's journey
  • 81. Which character performs 'Hamlet' in a notable comic scene?
A) Wopsle
B) Jaggers
C) Magwitch
D) Pip
  • 82. Which genre does 'Great Expectations' incorporate elements from that was also used by Dickens in 'Oliver Twist'?
A) Crime fiction
B) Gothic novel
C) Historical novel
D) Silver-fork novel
  • 83. When did George III, mentioned at the beginning of 'Great Expectations', die?
A) 1846
B) 1799
C) 1820
D) 1835
  • 84. What was the currency paid to Joe by Miss Havisham when Pip began his apprenticeship?
A) Ten-pound notes
B) Five-pound notes
C) 25 guineas
D) One pound notes
  • 85. What genre does 'Great Expectations' attack through its satire of Miss Havisham and her sycophants?
A) Silver-fork novel
B) Gothic novel
C) Crime fiction
D) Historical novel
  • 86. What is Pip's full proper name as mentioned in the novel?
A) 'Pip Pirrip'
B) 'Philip Pirrip'
C) 'Percival Pirrip'
D) 'Philip Pocket'
  • 87. What alternative nickname does Herbert Pocket give Pip?
A) 'Pipster'
B) 'Handel'
C) 'Phil'
D) 'Philip'
  • 88. What does Pip recognize as the only worthy source of income?
A) Investment in business
B) Gambling
C) Hard work
D) Inheritance
  • 89. Where does Pip return to after his moral regeneration?
A) Miss Havisham's estate
B) Satis House
C) London
D) Joe's forge
  • 90. What does Pip sacrifice to recognize his debt to Magwitch?
A) His wealth
B) His social status
C) His love for Estella
D) His new freedom
  • 91. Which novel by Peter Carey re-imagines Magwitch's return to England?
A) Jack Maggs (1997)
B) Estella: Her Expectations (1982)
C) Havisham: A Novel (2013)
D) Mister Pip (2006)
  • 92. Which online platform offers Great Expectations as an audiobook?
A) LibriVox
B) Theatre Guild on the Air
C) Manga Classics
D) Wisbech & Fenland Museum
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