CHAPTER 20 Quiz — Great Expectations

How long does Pip's coach journey from his hometown to London take?

• About two hours
• About five hours
• About eight hours
• An entire day

What is notable about Mr. Jaggers's office chair?

• It is upholstered in red velvet with gold trim
• It is a simple wooden stool with no back
• It is of deadly black horse-hair with rows of brass nails, like a coffin
• It is an ornate leather chair imported from France

What does the half-drunk attendant at Newgate Prison show Pip?

• The prison chapel and exercise yard
• The gallows, the whipping post, and the Debtors' Door
• The warden's quarters and the prisoners' cells
• The courtroom where trials are being held

Why does Mr. Jaggers become furious with Mike in his office?

• Mike has not paid Wemmick the fees he owes
• Mike arrives late for his scheduled appointment
• Mike openly states his witness is prepared to swear "anythink"
• Mike brings a woman into the office without permission

Where does Jaggers arrange for Pip to stay in London?

• At Jaggers's own house in Little Britain
• At Barnard's Inn with young Herbert Pocket
• At a hotel near Smithfield market
• At Matthew Pocket's house in the countryside

What phrase does one of the waiting clients use to express that all other lawyers are inferior to Jaggers?

• "No one holds a candle to Jaggerth"
• "All otherth ith Cag-Maggerth, give me Jaggerth"
• "Jaggerth ith the only one worth a farden"
• "There ith no lawyer in London but Jaggerth"

What condition is the wall opposite Jaggers's chair in, and why?

• It is covered with legal books from floor to ceiling
• It is painted with portraits of famous judges
• It is greasy with shoulders from clients pressing against it
• It has cracks and holes from years of neglect

What does Jaggers warn Pip about regarding his finances?

• That Pip must keep detailed records of every purchase
• That the allowance is very small and Pip must be frugal
• That he will check Pip's bills and expects Pip to "go wrong somehow"
• That Pip may only spend money on necessities, never luxuries

Pip enters Newgate Prison and watches a trial being conducted.

Jaggers eats lunch standing up from a sandwich-box while briefing Pip on his arrangements.

In the sentence "My guardian threw his supplicant off with supreme indifference," what does "supplicant" mean?

• A legal assistant or clerk
• A person who humbly begs or entreats someone in authority
• A dishonest or untrustworthy person
• A close friend or trusted companion

When Pip describes the coach as a "wonderful equipage," what does "equipage" mean?

• A type of horse harness or bridle
• A horse-drawn carriage with its horses, driver, and attendants
• The luggage compartment of a coach
• The toll charged for using a public road

What does "treasonable" mean when Pip says it was considered "treasonable to doubt" that Britain was the best?

• Difficult to understand or explain
• Legally prohibited by Parliament
• Constituting treason; deeply unpatriotic
• Common or widely accepted