Great Expectations, CHAPTER 29 quiz

Questions and answers

1. 1

   Question 1. Who has taken the position of gate-porter at Satis House?

   • Herbert Pocket
   • Correct answer: Orlick
   • Wemmick
   • Joe Gargery

   Pip is surprised to find Orlick working as gate-porter at Satis House, having left Joe's forge for the easier work.

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   Question 2. Why does Pip not immediately recognize Estella?

   • She is wearing a disguise
   • The room is too dark to see clearly
   • Correct answer: She has matured so dramatically in beauty and womanhood that she appears to be a stranger
   • Pip has forgotten what she looks like after many years apart

   Estella has returned from France so transformed that Pip initially sees only "an elegant lady whom I had never seen," not recognizing her until she looks at him.

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   Question 3. Where has Estella recently returned from?

   • Italy
   • Correct answer: France
   • London
   • Scotland

   Pip learns that Estella has just come home from France and is going to London.

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4. 4

   Question 4. Which of these events actually happened in this chapter?

   • Estella claims she has no heart and no capacity for sentiment.

     Happened

     Estella tells Pip directly: "I have no softness there, no — sympathy — sentiment — nonsense" and insists he should believe it.

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   Question 5. What does Miss Havisham repeatedly command Pip to do?

   • Leave Satis House and never return
   • Correct answer: Love Estella unconditionally
   • Become a lawyer like Jaggers
   • Forget his life as a blacksmith's boy

   Miss Havisham passionately repeats "Love her, love her, love her!" and insists Pip love Estella whether she favors him or wounds him.

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   Question 6. How does Miss Havisham define "real love"?

   • Mutual respect and equal partnership
   • Correct answer: Blind devotion, unquestioning self-humiliation, and utter submission
   • Patience, kindness, and gentle encouragement
   • Financial security and social advancement

   Miss Havisham defines love as "blind devotion, unquestioning self-humiliation, utter submission, trust and belief against yourself and against the whole world, giving up your whole heart and soul to the smiter."

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7. 7

   Question 7. Which of these events actually happened in this chapter?

   • Miss Havisham put some of her most beautiful jewels into Estella's hair during the evening.

     Happened

     Miss Havisham "in a fantastic way, had put some of the most beautiful jewels from her dressing-table into Estella's hair, and about her bosom and arms" before the card game.

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   Question 8. What does Jaggers confirm about Estella when Pip asks?

   • That Estella is Miss Havisham's biological daughter
   • Correct answer: That Estella's surname is Havisham
   • That Estella was born in France
   • That Estella is Pip's intended bride

   When Pip asks "Estella's name. Is it Havisham?" Jaggers confirms: "It is Havisham" — offering nothing more.

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   Question 9. What word best describes a strong, persistent desire or longing, as in "wretched hankerings after money and gentility"?

   • reticence
   • Correct answer: hankering
   • composure
   • disparity

   A hankering is a strong, persistent desire or longing. Pip uses the word to describe his deep craving for wealth and social status.

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    Question 10. What does Jaggers reveal about Miss Havisham's eating habits?

    • She eats only once a day at midnight
    • Correct answer: She has never allowed herself to be seen eating or drinking since her current life began
    • She eats only with Estella present
    • She refuses all food and drink entirely

    Jaggers tells Pip that Miss Havisham "has never allowed herself to be seen doing either" — she wanders about at night and "lays hands on such food as she takes" in private.

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    Question 11. What word means a deliberate reluctance to speak or reveal information, as used to describe Jaggers at dinner?

    • vehemence
    • subjection
    • Correct answer: reticence
    • condescension

    Reticence means habitual reserve or reluctance to speak. Pip says the "determined reticence of Mr Jaggers under that roof" was unlike anything he had seen elsewhere.

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    Question 12. What game do Pip, Estella, Jaggers, and Miss Havisham play together?

    • Poker
    • Correct answer: Whist
    • Chess
    • Cribbage

    The four play whist together, during which Jaggers dominates the game with his strategic card play.

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13. 13

    Question 13. Which of these events actually happened in this chapter?

    • Pip visits Joe at the forge during his stay in town.

      Didn't happen

      Pip does not visit Joe. He admits at the chapter's end that he kept away from Joe because he knew Estella would be contemptuous of him — a moral failing Dickens highlights.

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    Question 14. What does Pip repeat to his pillow as he lies in bed at the end of the chapter?

    • "I am a gentleman, I am a gentleman"
    • "Love her, love her, love her"
    • Correct answer: "I love her, I love her, I love her"
    • "Forgive me, Joe, forgive me"

    Pip adapts Miss Havisham's command for his own repetition, saying "I love her, I love her, I love her!" hundreds of times to his pillow, showing how thoroughly he has internalized her manipulation.

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    Question 15. What word means great intensity of feeling or passionate fervor, as in the "vehemence" that possessed Miss Havisham?

    • reticence
    • composure
    • Correct answer: vehemence
    • disparity

    Vehemence means great intensity of feeling or forceful expression. Pip feels Miss Havisham's arm muscles swell with the vehemence of her passionate speech about love.

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