Great Expectations, CHAPTER 49 quiz

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   Question 1. How much money does Pip ask Miss Havisham to provide for Herbert's partnership?

   • Five hundred pounds
   • Correct answer: Nine hundred pounds
   • One thousand pounds
   • Three hundred pounds

   Pip requests exactly nine hundred pounds to complete the purchase of Herbert's share in the business partnership.

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   Question 2. On what object does Miss Havisham write the authorization for Jaggers?

   • A sheet of parchment
   • Correct answer: A yellow set of ivory tablets
   • A leather-bound notebook
   • A scrap of her wedding veil

   Miss Havisham writes on "a yellow set of ivory tablets, mounted in tarnished gold" with a pencil in a case of tarnished gold that hung from her neck.

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3. 3

   Question 3. What words does Miss Havisham ask Pip to write under her name?

   • "I am sorry"
   • Correct answer: "I forgive her"
   • "She is redeemed"
   • "I was wrong"

   Miss Havisham pleads, "If you can ever write under my name, I forgive her, though ever so long after my broken heart is dust -- pray do it!"

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   Question 4. How old was Estella when Jaggers brought her to Miss Havisham?

   • A newborn infant
   • Correct answer: Two or three years old
   • Five or six years old
   • About eight years old

   Miss Havisham tells Pip that when Jaggers brought Estella, the child was "two or three" and asleep.

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   Question 5. What does Pip use to smother the flames on Miss Havisham?

   • Water from a nearby basin
   • Correct answer: His coats and the tablecloth
   • The curtains from the window
   • A blanket from her bed

   Pip throws his double-caped great-coat and another thick coat over her, then drags the great cloth from the table for the same purpose.

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   Question 6. Where is Miss Havisham laid after the fire, as directed by the surgeon?

   • On her bed in her own room
   • On the floor by the hearth
   • Correct answer: On the great table
   • In a chair by the window

   Her bed is carried into the room and laid upon the great table, which "happened to be well suited to the dressing of her injuries" — and where she had once said she would lie one day.

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

   • Pip imagines he sees Miss Havisham hanging from a beam in the brewery before the fire breaks out.

     Happened

     A "childish association" causes Pip to fancy he sees Miss Havisham hanging from a beam. He stands "shuddering from head to foot" before realizing it is only his imagination.

   • Miss Havisham tells Pip the identity of Estella's biological parents.

     Didn't happen

     When Pip asks "Whose child was Estella?" Miss Havisham shakes her head — she does not know. She only knows that Jaggers brought the child to her.

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   Question 8. What does the word "presentiment" mean as used in the sentence: "I had a presentiment that I should never be there again"?

   • A formal introduction
   • Correct answer: An intuitive feeling about the future
   • A pleasant memory
   • A logical conclusion

   A presentiment is a foreboding or intuitive sense that something is going to happen. Pip senses he will never return to Satis House.

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   Question 9. What does the word "insensible" mean in the context: "She was insensible, and I was afraid to have her moved"?

   • Rude or inconsiderate
   • Correct answer: Unconscious and unaware
   • Extremely sensitive to pain
   • Stubbornly refusing to speak

   In this context, "insensible" means unconscious or without feeling — Miss Havisham has lost consciousness after the fire.

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    Question 10. What does "vestige" mean in the sentence: "Though every vestige of her dress was burnt"?

    • A decorative ornament
    • A protective layer
    • Correct answer: A trace or remnant
    • A valuable garment

    A vestige is a trace or remnant of something that is disappearing or no longer exists. Every last scrap of her dress was destroyed by the fire.

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    Question 11. What new emotional quality does Miss Havisham display for the first time in this chapter?

    • Anger toward Compeyson
    • Correct answer: Tears and weeping
    • Laughter and joy
    • Indifference to Pip

    Pip notes, "I had never seen her shed a tear before." Her weeping represents a genuine emotional breakthrough after decades of cold bitterness.

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    Question 12. Which of these events actually happened in this chapter?

    • Miss Havisham admits that she deliberately corrupted Estella's nature as the girl grew more beautiful.

      Happened

      Miss Havisham confesses: "as she grew, and promised to be very beautiful, I gradually did worse... I stole her heart away and put ice in its place."

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