CHAPTER 17 Quiz — Great Expectations

How often does Pip visit Miss Havisham during his apprenticeship?

• Every month
• Once a year on his birthday
• Every Sunday
• Twice a year at Christmas and on his birthday

What does Pip notice has changed about Biddy?

• She has become wealthy
• She is neater, brighter, and remarkably intelligent
• She has moved away from the village
• She has become cold and distant

What secret does Pip confide to Biddy on the marshes?

• He plans to run away from the forge
• He wants to be a gentleman
• He is in love with Biddy
• He stole food for a convict

What crucial question does Biddy ask Pip about his desire to become a gentleman?

• Whether Joe approves of his plan
• Whether he has enough money saved
• Whether he wants to spite Estella or gain her over
• Whether Miss Havisham has promised to help him

How does Biddy explain her ability to learn everything Pip learns?

• She studies late at night in secret
• She says she must catch it like a cough
• She credits Miss Havisham for teaching her
• She says Joe has been tutoring her

Why does Biddy say she is afraid of Orlick?

• He threatened to harm her
• He dances at her whenever he can catch her eye
• He follows her to and from work
• He told Joe lies about her

What does Pip spend his birthday guineas from Miss Havisham on?

• Gifts for Estella
• Books and self-education
• New clothes to look like a gentleman
• Savings for his future

What does Biddy say when Pip promises he will always tell her everything?

• "I know you will, Pip"
• "Till you're a gentleman"
• "That's very kind of you"
• "I don't believe you"

Pip weeps during his conversation with Biddy on the marshes, and she comforts him by patting his shoulder.

Miss Havisham tells Pip that Estella has gone abroad and will not return.

What does "imperceptibly" mean as used in the sentence: "Imperceptibly I became conscious of a change in Biddy"?

• Suddenly and dramatically
• So gradually as to be barely noticeable
• With great reluctance
• In a way that caused alarm

What does "capricious" mean in the passage: "Biddy was never insulting, or capricious, or Biddy to-day and somebody else to-morrow"?

• Generous and kind
• Given to sudden unpredictable changes
• Deeply intellectual
• Physically attractive

In context, what does "supposititious" mean when Dickens writes that being "jiggered" was Orlick's "favourite supposititious case"?

• Frightening and dangerous
• Hypothetical or imagined
• Frequently repeated
• Legally binding