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Unit II: Great Expectations

Chpts. Quiz Questions

1. Who is the protagonist of the novel?2. Who does the protagonist live with and why?

3. Why is the protagonist in a cemetery as the novel opens?

4. Why does the man the protagonist meets in the cemetery demand a file?

5. What does the protagonist deliver to the cemetery man?

6. Why does the protagonist feel so guilty on Christmas day in his home?

7. Why does Mr. Pumblechoock have a reaction after being served the brandy from the bottle?

8. Who are the soldiers who come to the house looking for and why?

9. How is the protagonist ironically protected by the one he protects in the cemetery?

10. Who is the protagonist closest to in his life?

1Whom is the stranger at the public house talking to Joe

2. During his second visit with Ms. Havisham, what are the guests celebrating?

3. Give one indication that Ms. Havisham is living in the past.

4. What is the name of the rude girl who lives with Ms. Havisham?

5. How is Ms. Havisham trying to raise this girl? What does she want her to become?

6. How does Pip feel about Joes trade and his impending apprenticeship?

7. What is the reason behind Pips change in the perception of his home?

8. What is the driving force behind Pips obsession with Ms. Havishams house?

9. Who assaulted Ms. Gargey?

10. Which question out of the above nine contains an error and what is the error?

1. Who is the boy Pip fights with at Ms. Havishams?2. What is the real reason why Ms. Havishams fianc proposed to her?

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3. Where does Pip move to complete his studying?

4. Who comes to visit Pip at his new location?

5. What is the reason for the Pips house being broken into?

6. What is Estellas relationship to Ms. Havisham?

7. Who is assigned to be Pips guardian?

8. How has Mrs. Gargery changed after the attack?

9. List one of the terms of the agreement to make Pip a gentleman:

10. Who is to deliver retribution for Ms. Havishams past?

1. What are the identities of the two convicts Pip meets at the beginning of the novel in the marshes?

2. Who is Estellas fianc?3. What is the identity of the person who is secretly following Pip and watching him and Magwitch

(the one sitting behind Pip like a ghost)?

4. Who is Estellas biological mother?5. Who is Estellas father?

6. What change do we see in Ms. Havisham as exhibited during Pips visit?

7. After Pips visit, what unsettling action does Ms. Havisham perform?

8. What relationship does Jaggers have to Estella regarding her upbringing?

9. Who is leaving Pip notes warning him of the person who is spying on him?

10. Who rescues Ms. Havisham?