Great Expectations Part 2 Test Flashcards
is both Miss. Havisham’s laywer and Pip’s appointed guardian. He has an intimidating presence. His way of asking questions makes those around him always feel guilty and suspected of wrongdoing. In London, he’s moderately famous as a trial lawyer. People believe he’s an expert at his profession and that he is a miracle worker.
Jaggers
Has a mouth like a post-office slot. He has a direct and honest way of speaking. In the office he’s all business. At home, he relaxes and enjoys himself and his hobbies. He separates his professional and personal lives because he recognizes that Jaggers’ doings are sometimes seedy.
Wemmick
has an outgoing natural personality that Pip admires. Even when they fight in the garden, Pip respects his bravery and confidence. When they’re both older, Pip understands that he may never be successful or wealthy, but he has positive character traits that make up the difference. They become excellent friends almost immediately.
Herbert Pocket
is tutor for Drummle, Startop, and Pip. He’s educated but has never had much success in anything he’s tried. He married his wife at a young age, and they’ve had numerous children together. When he becomes flustered, he grabs his hair as if to pull himself into the air.
Matthew Pocket
Like Orlick, he is a big, lumbering kind of person. He’s slow to speak and easily provoked into a bad temper. He doesn’t like Pip, Herbert, or Startop. He was somewhat pampered when young and this has caused him to look down his nose at people.
Bentley Drummle
A minor character in the grand scheme, He is the other boarder and reader at Matthew Pocket’s home. Like Pip, he’s a student of Matthew’s. He’s the exact opposite of Bentley Drummle – friendly, good-natured, and outgoing. He becomes great friends with both Herbert and Pip. He mostly stays out of the way of Drummle.
Startop
is Estella’s mother. She is in the employment of Jaggers’ as a house servant, apparently the only one. She has a wild, fearful look in her eyes. It’s believed that she once committed a savage murder. She has the same general features as her daughter, only they’ve been hardened by years of toil and poverty.
Molly
is a very proper woman and a lady friend of Wemmick. She’s a regular guest at the castle. The aged parent enjoys her company as well. When he first meets her, Pip notes her colorful sense of fashion. It’s with her brother that Pip contracts the business arrangement for the benefit of Herbert.
Miss Skiffins
is engaged to Herbert. She is small, pretty, and dark-haired. Pip describes her as a kind of fairy. Her father lives above her and stays in a drunken stupor. At first, she doesn’t approve of Pip but eventually comes to appreciate his friendship with Herbert.
Clara
Is dark, stuffy, and only has a single skylight for seeing the outside world. The view reveals neighboring buildings. There are rough, greasy spots in the wall where people have leaned back. Strange objects, including two dirty sculptures of faces, lie on the desk and bookcase.
Jaggers’ Office
Pip’s lodging is here. It is a shabby-looking collection of houses with a small courtyard. He shares a plain set of rooms with Herbert Pocket. With his new-found money, Pip spruces the place up with new furniture, décor, and other things to give the place a homier feel.
Barnard’s Inn
Is a tiny cottage with gothic-looking doors and windows. The property includes a moat with a tiny drawbridge, a garden, a few chickens, and a small cannon that fires every night. It’s a miniature castle and almost totally self-sufficient. He lives there with his aged father.
John Wemmick’s House
After quitting Barnard’s Inn, Pip and Herbert move to here. It’s near the riverside in an out-of-the-way part of the city. Stairs lead directly to the water’s edge, making for easy travel by boat when necessary. Gates enclose every entrance, giving the place a bit of security.
The Temple
Her and her father live in Miss Whimple’s home on Mill Pond Bank in the suburbs of London. Magwitch goes into hiding in the top level of the residence. A large window looks across the river, from which he waits for a signal from Pip and Herbert.
Clara’s House
The Thames River is both a setting for the climax if the novel as well as a symbol for the inevitable passage of time. In London, several bridges and plenty of boat traffic require skilled boatmanship. In Pip’s home territory, it is the locale for the prison ships, from which Magwitch and Compeyson escape.
The River
Asmear
Dickens used this word describing smithfield. “I came into the shameful place being all ‘asmear’ with filth and fat and blood and foam.” This is describing the crime and depravity there.
Crazy quotes usually come from
Miss Havisham
Poor me/love quotes usually come from
Estella
Teaching quotes usually come from
Biddy
If Handel is mentioned, ________ is usually talking
Herbert
If portable property or business is mentioned, usually ________ is talking
Wemmick
aggressive, threatening comments usually come from
Jaggers
broken/unworthy comments usually come from
Ex: “I’m wrong here, Pip. I don’t belong out of the forge.”
Joe
broken/empty comments or mentioning “his boy” usually come from
Magwitch
Handel is ____ familiar name, because of the music piece, the harmonious blacksmith.
Pip’s
What are Magwitch’s nicknames?
Provis and Mr. Campbell
What are the names of the gentleman’s clubs?
The Finches of the Grove
The pocket children
“tumbled up” instead of growing up
Jaggers sees himself in ______. He gets what he wants and traps his victims. This is why he calls him ______.
Drummle; Spider
When Pip returns to town, He does not stay with Joe because
He is trying to get rid of His past
Who is the avenger?
Pip’s housekeeper/servant
Who did Pip encounter on his way to town?
the two convicts. (Remember the convicts talked about the two pound notes, and Pip was thankful he went by the name of Handel)
What is the wicked Noah’s ark
the boat that holds the convicts
Who is Arthur
Miss Havisham’s wicked brother
Porter means
cleaner
What did Estella not remember from her childhood with Pip?
Making him cry
A smiter is
a person who affects you
Jaggers always carried
a handkerchief of rich silk and imposing proportions
While dining, Mr. Jaggers never
looked at Estella
Pip thinks his expectations
depend on Estella
Jaggers “keeps so high” meaning
he demands respect and is respected.
What does Estella call Pip that makes him realize she still looks down on him
(a silly) boy
Pip was never happy with Estella, he was always
miserable
Pip could not be a finch until
he came of age
What does Orlick have against Pip?
He took the place of Pip’s beating in the Gargery household, his relationship with Biddy didn’t work out, and Pip had him fired from Satis House.
Pip withdrew how much money a quarter when in debt
125 pounds
When Pip seeked advice from Wemmick about debt, he made him promise to
not tell Herbert
What was the nice thing Estella did for Pip
She warned him not to love her, because she could not love back.
What is Estella’s “familiarity”
being mean and condescending
Pip once referred to Miss Havisham as his “fairy godmother”, now he refers to her as
a witch-like person
Cobwebs can refer to
newgate AND Miss Havisham’s prison
Estella is “tired” because of
who she has become thanks to Miss Havisham
Miss Havisham taught Estella to be
hard and proud… but not to her- only to men who admired Estella.
Estella gave drummle _______, which she never gave to Pip
smiles
When Magwitch returns to reveal himself, he tells Pip that he
had been noble, and he never forgot that.
What is Magwitch’s job?
He is a sheep farmer and stock breeder
How does Pip feel when Magwitch reveals himself?
dissapointed, dangered, disgraced, and he thought of the consequences
Magwitch says every _______ would go to Pip
guinea
Pip feels he was merely a ____ used to provoke Miss Havishams greedy relatives and for Estella to practice her little game.
tool
After the encounter with Magwitch, Pip is
sad about how he treated Biddy and Joe, and scared of Magwitch- he doesn’t know the crimes he committed to earn a life sentence.
To disguise Provis
Pip buys him new clothes
“Take nothing on its _____. Take everything on _________.”
looks, evidence; Jaggers said this
Compeyson’s buisness was the
swindling, handwriting forging, stolen bank-note passing, and such like.
Who was involved with Compeyson
Arthur and Magwitch
Compeyson got out of the life sentence because
of his appearance and more gentleman-like conduct.
Compeyson committed crime by ________. Magwitch committed crime to ________.
choice; survive
When Pip told Estella he loved her she was
unmoved
Clara’s father is
an alcoholic no one ever sees. However, his presence is known by the smell of rum, his growling, and his habit of throwing things.
Drummle will either _____ or _____ Estella.
beat; cringe
What was the first thing Pip noticed about Molly that connected her to Estella
The action of her fingers that was like the action of knitting.
What else connected Molly to Estella
her eyes (also her hair was mentioned)
Miss Havisham shut out the
light of day and infinitely more. She shut herself from healing influences and her mind grew diseased.
At first, Miss Havisham meant to _____ Estella from her misery like her own
save
Though Miss Havishams dress was burnt she still had the
appearance of a bride with the white cotton wool and sheet layer over her
What did Miss Havisham keep saying after she was burned
“What have I done!”, “When she first came, I meant to save her from misery like mine.”, and “Take the pencil and write under my name, I forgive her!” SHE NEVER CHANGED THE ORDER OF THOSE THREE SENTENCES
What was the darkest part of Provis’ life
taking Estella away
Jaggers set up the story __________, so nothing could be held against him
hypothetically
What was the only good thing Pip had done since he was approved of his great expectations
taking the cheque to Miss Skiffins brother, the accountant
Who saved Pip after the incident with Orlick?
Trabbs boy, Startop, and Herbert
