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Great Expectations Chapters 51 - 53

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did Pip confront Jaggers about Estella's parentage?

a)

For Estella's sake

b)

To find out if Mr Jaggers knew about her origins

c)

To reveal his love for Estella

d)

To get Jagger's help him bring the parents and daughter together

2.

When Pip tells Mr Jaggers about the events at Miss Havisham's and asks for the money to be given to Herbert, what does Mr Jaggers say?

a)

It's best to mind your own business

b)

Pip should have asked for something in return

c)

Everyman's business is portable property

d)

He regrets that they can't do anything for him

3.

What is Mr Jaggers' reaction when Pip reveals that he knows more about Estella's history than Mr Jaggers?

a)

He repressed any show of emotion

b)

He took out his pocket hankerchief and blew his nose

c)

There was no change in his manner

d)

He started slightly

4.

When Pip entreats Wemmick to persuade Mr Jaggers to be more open with him, the two me looked at each other very (a)  

5.

Did Mr Jaggers know about the existence of Wemmick's father and his pleasant home?

a)

YES

b)

NO

6.

After finding out about Wemmick's hidden side and home, he calls him 'the most cunning (a)   of all London.'

7.

Mr Jaggers tells Pip it would not be of any use to reveal the secret of Estella's parentage. What are his arguments for doing this and do you agree with him?

a)

The mother is safer not knowing about Estella's existence

b)

It would ruin Estella's future

c)

The father would not gain anything

d)

Keeping the secret is in the interests of all parties concerned

8.

What is the deed that Pip thinks is 'the only good thing I had done'?

a)

Revealing the secret of Estella's parentage

b)

Helping Magwitch

c)

Giving Miss Havisham's money to help Herbert in his new partnership

d)

Settling his affairs with Miss Havisham

9.

'And now indeed I felt as if my last anchor were loosening its hold and I would soon be driving with the winds and the waves. ' What literary technique is this an example of?

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Pathetic Fallacy

d)

Metaphor

10.

What does the note that Pip receives ask him to do?

a)

To meet Herbert with the Passports

b)

To meet someone at the Marshes with information about his Uncle Provis

c)

To destroy the note

d)

To arrange a steamer to help Magwitch escape

11.

'The falser he, the truer Joe; the meaner he, the nobler Joe.' Who does 'he' refer to?

a)

Mr Pumblechook

b)

Magwitch

c)

Jaggers

d)

Pip

12.

Who is he attacked by at the Marshes?

a)

A stranger

b)

Compeyson

c)

Orlick

13.

Why does Orlick want to kill Pip?

a)

Pip knows he attacked Mrs Joe

b)

Because Pip had been favoured whereas he had been bullied and beat

c)

Pip had lost him his job

d)

He is a fugitive

14.

Who rescues Pip from Orlick?

a)

Herbert

b)

Herbert and Trabb's boy

c)

Startop, Herbert and Trabb's boy

15.

At the end of Chapter 53 Pip the narrator says 'From me too a veil seemed to be drawn'. What does the veil refer to?

a)

The solution to the mystery

b)

The pain in his arm

c)

His anxiety and fretfulness

d)

The plans for Magwitch's escape