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