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