Great Expectations Part 3 Test

Question 1

Pip, his sister, and Joe are lower individuals.

Answer 1

Class

Question 2

Being this way basically means knowing how to act in polite society.

Answer 2

Gentility

Question 3

Pip desires to be a gentleman.

Answer 3

Ambition

Question 4

One of the driving forces of the novel is a study of how people make themselves into the people they want to be.

Answer 4

Individualism

Question 5

The injustices of the justice system were a hot topic for writers in the 19th century England.

Answer 5

Crime and Punishment

Question 6

John Wemmick, Jaggers’ clerk, is an advocate of “portable property.”

Answer 6

Capitalism

Question 7

Many of the characters in Great Expectations keep these. Some of them are dark and terrible. Some of them have to do with identity.

Answer 7

Secrets

Question 8

is the prime motivation behind much of Pip’s actions.

Answer 8

Love

Question 9

No matter what happens to Pip and no matter where his fortunes take him, this can’t be broken. He can’t forget Joe at the forge, or his sister, or even Biddy.

Answer 9

Family

Question 10

The coincidence in Great Expectations are too numerous to count and even defy belief at some points. At the same time, some characters, including Pip, have a belief in a sort of unchangeable _____________.

Answer 10

Destiny/Coincidence

Question 11

Miss Havisham is a lady, with a genteel family.

Answer 11

Class

Question 12

He has a very strong opinion on the strength and nature of this. He believes that he might awaken something in Estella if given the chance.

Answer 12

Love

Question 13

Everyone working in Jaggers’ office has strong appreciation for the power of money.

Answer 13

Capitalism

Question 14

Because Pip’s fortune comes out of nowhere, he experiences setbacks in his development – namely, getting deep into debt and wasting much of his time. Only later does he really engage in some serious self-reflection.

Answer 14

Individualism

Question 15

also includes being courteous, considerate, and doing the right thing when it’s called for. It also means a certain level of sophistication that is separate from money or class. In other words, a person might be very wealthy and not this way.

Answer 15

Gentility

Question 16

The convict, for example, doesn’t let Pip know who he really is, and Miss Havisham keeps her past a mystery.

Answer 16

Secrets

Question 17

The lawyer Jaggers exemplifies how justice is in the eye of the beholder, or possibly the highest bidder.

Answer 17

Crime and Punishment

Question 18

Common people stay common and wealthy people stay wealthy, or so it seems. However, it’s clear by the novel’s end that nothing in the world can ever be certain.

Answer 18

Destiny/Coincidence

Question 19

In Great Expectations, this is almost a kind of destiny. This is true for everyone in the novel.

Answer 19

Family

Question 20

Through the course of the novel, Pip goes through a cycle of disdaining his simple heritage to recognizing the superficial nature of ______ distinctions.

Answer 20

Class

Question 21

The greedy members of the Pocket family lust after Miss Havisham’s wealth. Pumblechook wants to expand his business. Herbert looks about him for a better, more profitable situation.

Answer 21

Ambition

Question 22

Other people have different ideas about what it means to be this way. Some think that having good manners alone makes one better than common people.

Answer 22

Gentility

Question 23

In addition, hard work, honesty, and a little luck can override what on the surface looks like hard reality.

Answer 23

Destiny/Coincidence

Question 24

Some characters are happy with the hand that’s been dealt them. That seems to be part of the moral of the story: unearned good fortune isn’t good fortune at all if you’re not a decent human being underneath.

Answer 24

Ambition

Question 25

He knows in his rational mind that his pursuit of Estella is foolish and doomed, yet he continues. There are other kinds (as in Herbert and Pip) and family are both prominent themes.

Answer 25

Love

Question 26

As with other Dickens’ novels, Great Expectations highlights the faulty and damaging nature of distinctions in a civilized society.

Answer 26

Class

Question 27

Another example of this motif is Abel Magwitch. He leaves his life of crime when he’s exiled and becomes a prosperous farmer.

Answer 27

Individualism

Question 28

The punishments for seemingly things like debt, are way out of proportion. Dickens is showing readers how society’s institutions, such as England’s flawed justice system, act without thought or humanity.

Answer 28

Crime/Punishment

Question 29

For the greedy branch of the Pocket family, they likewise see people as means to an end.

Answer 29

Capitalism

Question 30

As a child, Pip lives two lives – a secret life in the company of Estella and Miss Havisham, and his real life with Joe and his sister.

Answer 30

Secrets

Question 31

The relationships become more significant than power or money. When they have strife, the consequences are long lasting and sometimes irreparable.

Answer 31

Family

Question 32

Pip learns gradually that innocence and guilt are not such simple concepts as he used to believe.

Answer 32

Crime/Punishment

Question 33

While in some respects money does equal power, the novel makes it clear that integrity and character are more important than a bank balance. For example, Pip must suffer a fall from his high mode of living before realizing the things that matter most of all.

Answer 33

Capitalism

Question 34

In the end, all of them must come out for human relationships to grow and be healthy.

Answer 34

Secrets

Question 35

When they come together for a common cause, disaster can be averted.

Answer 35

Family

Question 36

Instead, character traits – honor, faith, & love are the more important aspects of personhood.

Answer 36

Class

Question 37

What were Magiwitch's last words?

Answer 37

"I don't complain of none, dear boy."

Question 38

What came out of Magwitch's death?

Answer 38

Dickens said the law almost forced Provis to be a criminal. The parable contrasted self-righteousness and self-importance with humility and admitting ones own sins. It points out the virtues of the ladder and these virtues Provis himself possessed. Though Provis was never a gentleman, he died peacefully as himself. He is reunited with Estella through Pip's generosity.

Question 39

whose generosity is boundless and is the only on win the book that does not hold a grudge

Answer 39

Joe

Question 40

Compeyson chose crime by ________. Magwitch committed crimes to __________.

Answer 40

choice; survive

Question 41

Why was Orlick bitter?

Answer 41

because he took the beating of Pip, Pip got between he and Biddy, and he was fired from Satis house

Question 42

After Magwitch and Compeyson fought

Answer 42

Pip was no longer worried about his reputation as a gentleman. To not break Magwitch's heart, he did not tell him he had lost the "crown"/possessions. Pip tries to make things right by being kind and giving.

Question 43

Magwitch handed over _________ for _________

Answer 43

freedom; revenge

Question 44

the law has no

Answer 44

concious

Question 45

Who hallucinated of people the wronged/loved

Answer 45

Arthur and Pip

Question 46

When Pip decides to tell Biddy that he loves her

Answer 46

His moral development is complete. He recognizes his own errors and values internal rather than superficial worth.

Question 47

____ does not feel Pip need to give all the details to his past. This parallels with Jaggers

Answer 47

Joe

Question 48

follow your ______ ad protect those you _______ ; compassion and generosity

Answer 48

conscious; love

Question 49

Who was the last person before Pip to ask for forgiveness

Answer 49

Miss Havisham

Question 50

Joe and Biddy's family

Answer 50

was the first functional family in the novel with two parental figures. Pip is a part of this family and does not feel he needs to improve himself or leave his commonness behind.

Question 51

____________ has given Estella a human heart

Answer 51

suffering

Question 52

Estella has acquired _______ and _______ through suffering

Answer 52

humanity and integrity

Question 53

The ending is

Answer 53

unlear or ambiguous

Question 54

Does Pip describe Magwitch as the "dreaded visitor"

Answer 54

yes

Question 55

Is Herberts first plan of action with magwitch to get him out of England

Answer 55

Yes

Question 55

Is Herberts first plan of action with magwitch to get him out of England

Answer 55

Yes

Question 56

Does Ms. Havisham nurture pips delusions in order to get revenge

Answer 56

Yes

Question 57

Does Clara think Pip is a bad influence on Herbert's finances?

Answer 57

Yes

Question 58

Is mrs whimple the only person, other than PIP, that knows about Herbert and Clara's engagement?

Answer 58

Yes

Question 59

Does the vengeful part in miss Havershan die as her faded wedding dress burns away?

Answer 59

Yes

Question 60

Does Pip feel being misremembered is far more terrible than death itself?

Answer 60

Yes

Question 61

Does Dickens portray the law to seem as if it forced magwitch to become a criminal?

Answer 61

Yes

Question 62

Does PIP leave behind arrogance and untruthfulness as he returns home to Joe and Biddy?

Answer 62

Yes

Question 63

Is the only good thing pip considers to have done after receiving his expectations

Answer 63

Taking the cheque to miss skidding to help Herbert

Question 64

Molly is a

Answer 64

Wild beast tamed

Question 65

Is the name of Clara's father

Answer 65

Mr. Bill Barley

Question 66

The two characters pip begged Miss Havisham to take care of and not categorize with her other relatives

Answer 66

Matthew pocket and Herbert pocket

Question 67

The location where wemmick heard rumors about compeyson a whereabouts

Answer 67

New gate prison

Question 68

Two characters who believe that the whole truth may not be the most generous course of action

Answer 68

Jaggers and Joe

Question 69

When you say you love me, I know what you mean, as a form of words; but nothing more.

Answer 69

Estella

Question 70

My Lord, I have received my sentence of death from the Almighty, but I doubt to yours.

Answer 70

Able magwitch

Question 71

Here you sir. The lady won't ride today; the weather won't do. And I don't dine, because I'm going to die at the ladies.

Answer 71

Bentley Drummle

Question 72

I am not all stone. But perhaps you can never believe me, now, if there's anything human in my heart?

Answer 72

Miss Havisham

Question 73

I will never stir from your side when I'm suffered to be near you. Please God, I will be as true to you, as you have been to me!

Answer 73

PIP

Question 74

Where is the portable property certainly could've been saved. That's the difference between the property and the owner, don't you see?

Answer 74

Wemmick

Question 75

Not wistful to intrude I have deported for you are well again dear pit and will do better without. PS ever the best of friends

Answer 75

Joe

Question 76

It's my wedding day!

Answer 76

Buddy

Question 77

Now handle my boy, will you come with me to Cairo?

Answer 77

Herbert

Question 78

You have a return transport here. That's the man, wrapped in the cloak. His name is able Magwitch otherwise provis. I apprehend that man, and call upon him to surrender, and you to assist.

Answer 78

Compeyson

Question 79

Essay: "Oh Lord be merciful to him, a sinner" What is Dickens trying to contrast with in this parable? what virtues are highlighted in this parable? what is pips generosity lead to?

Answer 79

This parable contrast self-righteousness and self-importance with humility and admitting one's own sins. The virtues in this latter are ones Provis himself possessed. Although Provis never became a gentleman, he died peacefully as himself. Pips generosity reunited Estella to provis in a sense.

Question 80

Review the essay of Miss Havishams conversation with Pip

Answer 80

Yay