CHAPTER 24 Quiz — Great Expectations

According to Mr. Jaggers, what is Pip's intended career?

• Law
• Medicine
• No specific profession
• Teaching

How much money does Jaggers ultimately authorize for Pip's furniture?

• Five pounds
• Fifteen pounds
• Twenty pounds
• Fifty pounds

What does Wemmick compare Jaggers to?

• A judge passing sentence
• A man setting a man-trap
• A fox hunting prey
• A chess player planning moves

How deep does Wemmick say Jaggers is?

• As deep as the ocean
• As deep as Australia
• As deep as a well
• As deep as Newgate Prison

What are the plaster casts in Jaggers's office?

• Busts of famous judges
• Death masks of executed criminal clients
• Classical sculptures for decoration
• Molds used as legal evidence

What is Wemmick's "guiding star"?

• "Justice will prevail"
• "Get hold of portable property"
• "Trust no one"
• "Keep your friends close"

Who does Wemmick tell Pip to observe when dining with Jaggers?

• Jaggers's business partner
• Jaggers's housekeeper
• Jaggers's daughter
• The other dinner guests

Why does Mr. Pocket insist that Pip's Barnard's Inn arrangement be approved by Jaggers?

• Jaggers owns the building
• It is a legal requirement
• The plan would save Herbert expense, and Pocket acts with delicacy
• Jaggers must approve all of Pip's decisions

Pip watches Jaggers argue a case in a police court at the end of Chapter 24.

Jaggers laughs warmly at Pip's confusion about the price of furniture.

In the sentence "I acquiesced, of course, knowing nothing to the contrary," what does "acquiesced" mean?

• Protested strongly
• Accepted without objection
• Asked for clarification
• Expressed confusion

When Wemmick says Jaggers is "as Australia," completing the phrase "Deep, as Australia," what figure of speech is being used?

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Hyperbole

What does "discomfiture" mean when Pip says "I said in discomfiture, 'Oh! more than that'"?

• Physical pain
• Embarrassment and unease
• Anger and frustration
• Deep sadness