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GREAT EXPECTATION

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which English period was covered by the majority of works by Charles Dickens

a)

Edwardian

b)

Tudor

c)

Victorian

d)

Elizabethan

2.

When did Charles Dickens start composing literature?

a)

1833

b)

1834

c)

1835

d)

1836

3.

What does Pip do when he finds out that the convict is on the run

a)

he plans to help him

b)

he decides not to get involved

c)

he runs away

d)

he goes to the police

4.

The last book of Charles Dickens was

a)

A Christmas Carol

b)

The uncommercial traveller

c)

Great Expectation

d)

Bleak House

5.

Most of Dicken’s novel shows his preoccupation with .... problems

a)

social

b)

mental

c)

cultural

d)

love

6.

Which is not a theme of Great Expectation?

a)

ambtion and self-improvement

b)

crime, guilt and innocence

c)

friendship

d)

power and corruption

7.

For most of the novel, whom does Pip suspect of being his secret benefactor ?

a)

Jaggers

b)

Magwitch

c)

Joe

d)

Miss Havisham

8.

Miss Havisham is described as a/an .... woman who lives in a strange house

a)

happy

b)

arrogant

c)

weird

d)

thoughtful

9.

Throughout the novel, the marshes, for Pip, have represented his:

a)

lowly background

b)

Great expectations

c)

love for Estella

d)

love for Biddy

10.

Pip is helped with his education at a young age by:

a)

Mrs.Joe

b)

Biddy

c)

Mr.Pumplehook

d)

Magwitch

11.

The convict who Pip feeds at the beginning of the novel reappears later with a name:

a)

Wemmick

    

b)

Magwitch    

c)

Jaggers

d)

Mr.Wosple

12.

Pip's relationship with Joe for much of the book can best described as:

a)

A friendship but much of the time unequal as Pip thinks that he is superior

b)

A friendly acquaintance

c)

A father/son relationship

d)

A friend, but most of the time unequal as Pip feels embarrassed by Joe

13.

Mrs. Joe can be described as:

a)

Quite and shy

b)

Kind and generous

c)

Strange but hard work

d)

Nagging and temperamental   

14.

Who is the narrator of Great Expectations?

a)

Pip

b)

Joe Gargery  

c)

An unknown omnipotent narrator who uses the third person

d)

Biddy

15.

When Joe visits Pip at Barnard’s Inn, Pip is ....to be seen with him

a)

angry

 

b)

nervous

c)

happy

d)

ashamed