CHAPTER 31 Quiz — Great Expectations

What play does Mr. Wopsle perform in Chapter 31?

• Macbeth
• Hamlet
• King Lear
• Othello

What stage name does Mr. Wopsle adopt for his acting career?

• Mr. Waldenstein
• Mr. Waldengarver
• Mr. Woldingham
• Mr. Waldemere

What nickname does the audience give the actress playing the Queen of Denmark?

• The Brass Lady
• The Kettledrum
• The Golden Queen
• The Bell

What does the audience throw at the actor playing multiple roles?

• Rotten tomatoes
• Flowers
• Nuts
• Coins

What phrase does Herbert whisper to Pip to describe Wopsle's performance?

• Subtle and refined
• Massive and concrete
• Bold and striking
• Elegant and moving

What does the dresser use as a coaching method for actors playing Hamlet?

• A mirror placed on stage
• Red wafers placed on the shins
• Chalk marks on the floor
• A bell rung from the gallery

Who does Wopsle blame for the audience member who heckled the performance?

• A drunk man from the street
• The employer of the actor playing Claudius
• A rival theater company
• Herbert Pocket

What does Pip dream about at the end of Chapter 31?

• Becoming a famous actor alongside Wopsle
• His expectations being cancelled and playing Hamlet before twenty thousand people
• Returning to Joe's forge and working as a blacksmith
• Estella confessing her love for him

True or False: The ghost in the Hamlet production carries a manuscript and keeps losing its place.

True or False: Pip openly criticizes Wopsle's performance to his face after the show.

In the sentence "I am glad to have your approbation, gentlemen," what does "approbation" mean?

• Sympathy
• Approval or praise
• Attendance
• Criticism

What does "derisively" mean in the phrase "its tenors to be received derisively"?

• Enthusiastically
• Fearfully
• Mockingly
• Quietly

In the phrase "Mr Waldengarver looked up at us complacently," what does "complacently" mean?

• Nervously
• With self-satisfied pleasure
• Apologetically
• Aggressively