CHAPTER 29 Practice Quiz — Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens — tap or click to flip
Practice Quiz: CHAPTER 29
Who does Pip find working as the gate-porter at Satis House?
Orlick, who has left Joe Gargery's forge and taken the position of porter at Miss Havisham's, keeping a loaded gun over the chimney-piece.
Why does Pip not immediately recognize Estella when he enters Miss Havisham's room?
Estella has returned from France so transformed and grown so much more beautiful and womanly that Pip sees only an elegant stranger sitting near Miss Havisham.
What does Estella tell Pip about herself during their garden walk?
She tells him she has no heart — no softness, no sympathy, no sentiment — and that if they are to be thrown together, he had better believe it.
What does Miss Havisham whisper to Pip after Estella leaves the room?
She passionately commands him to love Estella unconditionally, repeating "Love her, love her, love her!" and defining real love as blind devotion and utter submission.
Who arrives unexpectedly at Satis House during Pip's visit?
Mr. Jaggers arrives on business. He stays for dinner and later joins Pip, Estella, and Miss Havisham in a game of whist.
What question does Pip ask Jaggers about Estella on their way to dinner?
Pip asks whether Estella's name is Havisham. Jaggers confirms it is, but offers no further information.
What arrangement is made at the end of Pip's visit?
It is settled that when Estella comes to London, Pip will be forewarned and will meet her at the coach.
How does Miss Havisham define "real love" in this chapter?
She defines it as blind devotion, unquestioning self-humiliation, utter submission, and giving up your whole heart and soul to the smiter — describing exactly how she loved the man who jilted her.
How does Estella treat Pip during their reunion?
She treats him with cool composure and superiority, still regarding him somewhat as a boy. She lures him on while simultaneously denying she has any capacity for feeling.
What is Sarah Pocket's reaction to Pip's visit?
Sarah Pocket greets Pip with thinly veiled jealousy, appearing "constitutionally green and yellow" with envy over his expectations and his closeness to Miss Havisham.
How does Jaggers behave toward Estella during dinner?
He maintains determined reticence, never directing his eyes to Estella's face during dinner. He only briefly raises his eyebrows when Miss Havisham adorns Estella with jewels.
What does Orlick's demeanor suggest about his character?
He is surly, insolent, and subtly menacing. He slowly looks Pip up and down, boasts about his loaded gun, and seems to relish the authority his gatekeeper position gives him.
How does Chapter 29 illustrate Pip's self-deception about Miss Havisham?
Pip is fully convinced Miss Havisham is his benefactress and intends to unite him with Estella, imagining himself as a knight destined to restore Satis House. The reader can see no evidence supports this fantasy.
How does this chapter connect love with destruction?
Miss Havisham's command to love Estella sounds more like a curse than a blessing, and her definition of love as self-humiliation reveals she has raised Estella as an instrument of revenge, not a partner for genuine love.
What does Pip's decision to avoid visiting Joe reveal about him?
It reveals how deeply social ambition has corrupted his values. He keeps away from Joe because he knows Estella would be contemptuous of him, prioritizing class aspirations over loyalty and genuine affection.
How does the chapter explore the theme of identity and class?
Pip feels he has regressed to the coarse, common boy in Estella's presence. Estella reinforces his insecurity by remarking that his old companions are now unfit company, deepening his shame about his origins.
What is the dramatic irony in Pip's belief about Miss Havisham's intentions?
Pip believes Miss Havisham is generously engineering his union with Estella, but the reader can see that Miss Havisham's true purpose is to use Pip as a victim of Estella's trained heartlessness.
What literary device does Dickens use in Miss Havisham's "Love her" speech?
Anaphora — the repetition of "love her" gives the speech an incantatory, spell-like quality. Dickens notes the word could have been "hate" or "revenge" and sounded no different from her lips.
What does the neglected garden symbolize in this chapter?
The overgrown, rank garden symbolizes the twisted emotional landscape of Satis House. Yet Pip sees it as "all in bloom" because Estella walks beside him, reflecting his romantic self-delusion.
What is foreshadowed by the fleeting resemblance Pip notices in Estella?
Pip twice notices a dim resemblance in Estella's face that he cannot identify, which foreshadows the later revelation about her true parentage and her connection to another character Pip knows.
What does Pip mean when he describes loving Estella "against reason, against promise, against peace"?
He means his love persists despite every rational argument against it — it defies logic, breaks his own resolutions, destroys his peace of mind, and offers no hope of happiness.
What does the word "reticence" mean as applied to Jaggers at dinner?
Reticence means a deliberate reluctance to speak or reveal information. Jaggers maintains extreme reserve, keeping his looks to himself and refusing to engage in open conversation.
Who says "I have no softness there, no — sympathy — sentiment — nonsense"?
Estella says this to Pip during their garden walk, warning him plainly that she has no emotional capacity and he should not expect tenderness from her.
Who says "It is blind devotion, unquestioning self-humiliation, utter submission"?
Miss Havisham says this to Pip, defining what she considers "real love" — a description drawn from her own experience of obsessive, self-destructive devotion to the man who abandoned her.
What does Pip repeat to his pillow at the end of the chapter?
He repeats "I love her, I love her, I love her!" hundreds of times, echoing Miss Havisham's command and showing how completely he has internalized her manipulation.