CHAPTER 34 Quiz — Great Expectations

What club do Pip and Herbert join in Chapter 34?

• The Barnard Boys
• The Finches of the Grove
• The Covent Garden Society
• The London Gentlemen's Circle

Who suggests that Pip and Herbert join the Finches of the Grove?

• Bentley Drummle
• Herbert
• Startop
• Wemmick

What does Herbert fantasize about doing when he becomes deeply despondent about money?

• Becoming a sailor
• Buying a rifle and going to America to compel buffaloes to make his fortune
• Returning to his father's house
• Enlisting in the army

What does Pip call his system of rounding debts upward?

• Leaving a Buffer
• Leaving a Margin
• Padding the Accounts
• Adding a Surplus

What news does the letter with the heavy black seal contain?

• Pip's benefactor has been revealed
• Joe has fallen ill
• Mrs. Joe Gargery has died
• Miss Havisham requests Pip's presence

How does Pip describe the atmosphere among his social circle at Barnard's Inn?

• They were genuinely content and productive
• There was a gay fiction they were enjoying themselves but a skeleton truth they never did
• They were openly miserable and discussed leaving London
• They spent modestly and saved for the future

What does Pip compare himself to after organizing all his bills into neat bundles?

• A lawyer
• A Bank
• A magistrate
• A merchant prince

Which Finch of the Grove is described tumbling out of his carriage "like coals"?

• Herbert Pocket
• Startop
• Bentley Drummle
• Pip

True or False: Pip successfully pays off all his debts by the end of Chapter 34.

True or False: Pip acknowledges that his expectations have had a negative effect on Herbert's life.

In the context of Chapter 34, what does "equipage" mean?

• A suit of armor
• A horse-drawn carriage with its horses and attendants
• A gentleman's wardrobe
• A set of dining utensils

What does "insensibly" mean when Pip says "I had insensibly begun to notice their effect"?

• Foolishly
• Without feeling any emotion
• Gradually and without conscious awareness
• With great sensitivity

What does "interment" refer to in the letter from Trabb & Co.?

• A legal proceeding
• A period of imprisonment
• The burial of a corpse
• A formal dinner gathering