CHAPTER 37 Quiz — Great Expectations

Why does Pip visit Wemmick at Walworth rather than at the office?

• He wants to hear Wemmick's personal Walworth sentiments, not his professional advice
• Jaggers has forbidden Pip from visiting the office
• Wemmick has been dismissed from Jaggers's employment
• Pip needs to deliver a message to the Aged P.

Who accompanies Wemmick when he returns from his afternoon walk?

• Mr. Jaggers
• Herbert Pocket
• Miss Skiffins
• Miss Havisham

What was the Aged P.'s former profession before his deafness?

• Wine-coopering
• Warehousing
• Law
• Shipping

What mechanical contrivance has Wemmick installed in the chimney wall?

• A clock that chimes visitors' names
• Small doors labeled "JOHN" and "Miss Skiffins" that tumble open to announce arrivals
• A speaking tube connected to the drawbridge
• A bell system connected to the front gate

How does Pip plan to help Herbert financially?

• By lending him money directly
• By asking Miss Havisham to sponsor him
• By secretly funding a business partnership through intermediaries
• By hiring Herbert at Jaggers's office

Who conducts the financial negotiation to establish Herbert with Clarriker?

• Wemmick himself
• Mr. Jaggers
• Miss Skiffins's brother, an accountant
• Herbert's father, Matthew Pocket

What comic scene recurs throughout the evening at the Castle?

• The Aged repeatedly falling asleep and waking with a start
• Wemmick's arm creeping around Miss Skiffins, who calmly removes it each time
• The pig in the back premises escaping into the parlor
• The drawbridge accidentally rising during dinner

How much money does Pip initially pay toward Herbert's arrangement?

• One hundred pounds
• Two hundred and fifty pounds
• Five hundred pounds
• One thousand pounds

True or False: Herbert discovers that Pip secretly arranged his position at Clarriker's.

True or False: The Aged P. reads the newspaper aloud to the group after tea.

When Pip says he was admitted "in a most pacific manner," what does "pacific" mean?

• Confused and disoriented
• Peaceful and calm
• Grand and ceremonial
• Reluctant and suspicious

What does the word "jorum" mean in the phrase "brewed such a jorum of tea"?

• A type of teapot
• A bitter flavor
• A large bowl or quantity of drink
• A formal ceremony

When Pip describes Miss Skiffins removing Wemmick's arm like a "cestus," what is a cestus?

• A type of snake
• A belt or girdle
• A musical instrument
• A piece of armor