Great Expectations

Dickens was only ___ y.o. when he had to past labels to bottles of shoe polish at the Warren's Blacking factory.

• 10

• 12

• 8

• 14

Being one of central themes in Great Expectations, ___ (2 words) designates an ability for a person of a "lower" or poorer class to gain wealth and move into a "higher" class.

What social class is not present in Great Expectations?

• Convicts

• Blacksmiths

• Manufacturers

• Orphans

• Noble aristocracy

Great Expectations is a ___, “novel of formation,” a class of novel that depicts and explores the manner in which the protagonist develops morally and psychologically.

By the end of the plot, Pip's ambitions focus on elevating his social class, on making himself into someone who seems worthy of Estella.

• True

• False

Choose characters who possess inner integrity; thus, they assess themselves by their own system of values.

• Mr. Joe

• Biddy

• Estella

• Mrs. Joe

• Bentley Drummle

Who have payed off with Pip’s creditors while he was recovering from the incident with Magwitch and Compeyson?

• Mr. Joe

• Miss Havisham

• Herbert Pocket

• Provis

Dickens prefers traditional family representation and pays attention to full families’ lifestyle rather than orphans, dysfunctional families, adoptive parents, etc.

• True

• False

The law system seems to treat these characters much more lightly than they deserve by their actions in the novel.

• Orlick

• Compeyson

• Magwitch

• Pip

Pip believes that the best kind of generosity is anonymous and claims that his life's only good deed was his secret donation to Herbert's career.

• True

• False