Standard 3B: Interaction of Ideas Lesson 2

Standard 3B: Interaction of Ideas Lesson 2

Analyzing Setting, Plot and Characters

Multiple Choice

_{Read each excerpt, then answer the questions that follow.}

_{From Great Expectations. Pip, the main character, describes an interaction he had with an unknown man:}

_{The man, after looking at me for a moment, turned me upside down, and emptied my pockets. There was nothing in them but a piece of bread. When the church came to itself – for he was so sudden and strong that he made it go head over heels before me, and I saw the steeple under my feet – when the church came to itself, I say, I was seated on a high tombstone, trembling, while he ate the bread ravenously.}

_{Which statement about the man is most likely correct?}

• A. He was starving.

• B. He was Pip’s close friend.

• C. He shunned physical altercations

• D. He was wealthy.

Multiple Select

From Great Expectations. In the beginning of the story, Pip states:

But I loved Joe—perhaps for no better reason in those early days than because the dear fellow let me love him—and, as to him, my inner self was not so easily composed. It was much upon my mind (particularly when I first saw him looking about for his file) that I ought to tell Joe the whole truth. Yet I did not, and for the reason that I mistrusted that if I did, he would think me worse than I was. The fear of losing Joe’s confidence, and of thenceforth sitting in the chimney-corner at night staring drearily at my forever lost companion and friend, tied up my tongue.

Which TWO of the following statements most accurately describe Pip’s relationship with Joe early in the story?

• A. He recently met Joe and doesn’t like him.

• B. He respects Joe.

• C. He thinks Joe is suffering from an illness.

• D. He longs for Joe’s approval.

• E. He is indifferent to Joe’s opinions.

Multiple Select

From Great Expectations. The following exchange is between Pip and Estella, another character in the story. Their conversation occurs after Pip has received a large amount of money, which is an event that happens midway in the plot. In this exchange, Pip and Estella are talking about Joe. “Since your change of fortune and prospects, you have changed your companions,” said Estella. “Naturally,” said I. “And necessarily,” she added, in a haughty tone, “what was fit company for you once, would be quite unfit company for you now.” In my conscience, I doubt very much whether I had any lingering intention left, of going to see Joe; but if I had, this observation put it to flight.

Which TWO of the following statements most accurately describe Pip’s attitude toward Joe at this point in the story?

• A. He respects Joe.

• B. He recently met Joe and doesn’t like him.

• C. He thinks Joe is suffering from an illness.

• D. He is ashamed of Joe.

• E. He is indifferent to Joe’s opinions.

Multiple Choice

Think about the two excerpts you read to answer Questions 2 and 3. They describe Pip’s attitude toward Joe at different times in the story. What do these excerpts tell you about Pip?

• A. His attitude toward Joe did not change.

• B. He became more tolerant and compassionate.

• C. He developed a sense of shame about his upbringing.

• D. He realized that he never liked Joe.

Multiple Choice

From Great Expectations. The following excerpt comes from later in the story, after Pip has lost his fortune. Pip becomes ill and Joe takes care of him. After I had turned the worst point of my illness, I began to notice that while all its other features changed, this one consistent feature did not change. Whoever came about me, still settled down into Joe. I opened my eyes in the night, and I saw in the great chair at the bedside, Joe. I opened my eyes in the day, and, sitting on the window-seat, smoking his pipe in the shaded open window, still I saw Joe. I asked for a cooling drink, and the dear hand that gave it to me was Joe’s. I sank back on my pillow after drinking, and the face that looked so hopefully and tenderly upon me was the face of Joe. At last, one day, I took courage, and said, “Is it Joe?” And the dear old home-voice answered, “Which it air, old chap.” “O Joe, you break my heart! Look angry at me, Joe. Strike me, Joe. Tell me of my ingratitude. Don’t be so good to me!”

What does this excerpt reveal about Pip?

• A. He does not change during this story.

• B. He feels guilty about his early behavior.

• C. He cannot forgive Joe for being cruel.

• D. He realizes he never loved Joe.

Multiple Select

Based solely on the last excerpt you read, choose the two words that best describe Joe.

• A. ambitious F. forgiving G. arrogant H. indifferent

• B. compassionate

• C. aggressive

• D. unforgiving

• E. forgiving