WorksheetsGreat Expectations
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
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, (a) (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 (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
Dickens was among those who popularized (a) form of publishing novels which allowed authors to manipulate with plot, character, and style under the requirements of the audience.
This time in British history (the period between 1820 and 1914) can be characterised by a class-based society, a growing number of people able to vote, a growing state and economy, and Britain's status as the most powerful empire in the world (2 words).
(a)
On her decaying body, Miss Havisham’s ___ becomes an ironic symbol of death and degeneration.
Wedding dress
Expensive jewelry
Funeral dress
Masquerade mask
Miss Havisham’s fortune is not the product of an aristocratic birth but of a recent success in industrial capitalism.
True
False
(a) is a character who is the double or twin of another character, represents the alter-ego of a character, or hides a secret identity.
