CHAPTER 29 Quiz — Great Expectations

Who has taken the position of gate-porter at Satis House?

• Herbert Pocket
• Orlick
• Wemmick
• Joe Gargery

Why does Pip not immediately recognize Estella?

• She is wearing a disguise
• The room is too dark to see clearly
• She has matured so dramatically in beauty and womanhood that she appears to be a stranger
• Pip has forgotten what she looks like after many years apart

Where has Estella recently returned from?

• Italy
• France
• London
• Scotland

Estella claims she has no heart and no capacity for sentiment.

What does Miss Havisham repeatedly command Pip to do?

• Leave Satis House and never return
• Love Estella unconditionally
• Become a lawyer like Jaggers
• Forget his life as a blacksmith's boy

How does Miss Havisham define "real love"?

• Mutual respect and equal partnership
• Blind devotion, unquestioning self-humiliation, and utter submission
• Patience, kindness, and gentle encouragement
• Financial security and social advancement

Miss Havisham put some of her most beautiful jewels into Estella's hair during the evening.

What does Jaggers confirm about Estella when Pip asks?

• That Estella is Miss Havisham's biological daughter
• That Estella's surname is Havisham
• That Estella was born in France
• That Estella is Pip's intended bride

What word best describes a strong, persistent desire or longing, as in "wretched hankerings after money and gentility"?

• reticence
• hankering
• composure
• disparity

What does Jaggers reveal about Miss Havisham's eating habits?

• She eats only once a day at midnight
• She has never allowed herself to be seen eating or drinking since her current life began
• She eats only with Estella present
• She refuses all food and drink entirely

What word means a deliberate reluctance to speak or reveal information, as used to describe Jaggers at dinner?

• vehemence
• subjection
• reticence
• condescension

What game do Pip, Estella, Jaggers, and Miss Havisham play together?

• Poker
• Whist
• Chess
• Cribbage

Pip visits Joe at the forge during his stay in town.

What does Pip repeat to his pillow as he lies in bed at the end of the chapter?

• "I am a gentleman, I am a gentleman"
• "Love her, love her, love her"
• "I love her, I love her, I love her"
• "Forgive me, Joe, forgive me"

What word means great intensity of feeling or passionate fervor, as in the "vehemence" that possessed Miss Havisham?

• reticence
• composure
• vehemence
• disparity