CHAPTER 38 Quiz — Great Expectations

With whom does Estella live in Richmond?

• Mrs. Joe Gargery
• Mrs. Brandley
• Miss Havisham
• Mrs. Pocket

What does Estella say when Miss Havisham calls her "cold, cold heart"?

• "I am what you have made me."
• "I never asked for your love."
• "You are the cold one, not I."
• "I will try to change."

What nickname has Mr. Jaggers given to Bentley Drummle?

• The Hawk
• The Spider
• The Snake
• The Wolf

What does Drummle produce to prove his acquaintance with Estella?

• A portrait miniature
• A ring she gave him
• A note in her handwriting confirming they had danced
• A witness from the Richmond ball

What analogy does Estella use to explain her emotional incapacity to Miss Havisham?

• A bird raised in a cage that cannot fly
• A person raised in darkness who cannot embrace daylight
• A flower denied water that cannot bloom
• A prisoner who cannot recognize freedom

What does Pip see Miss Havisham doing in the middle of the night at Satis House?

• Tearing apart her wedding dress
• Writing a letter to Estella
• Wandering the halls with a candle, making a low cry
• Setting fire to the feast-chamber

What does the Eastern parable at the end of Chapter 38 foreshadow?

• Estella's marriage to Drummle
• Miss Havisham's death by fire
• A shattering revelation about Pip's expectations
• Pip's financial ruin

What is the Finches of the Grove?

• A literary magazine Pip contributes to
• A gentlemen's dining club with absurd rules
• A charitable organization Herbert founded
• A nickname for Estella's circle of admirers

True or False: Estella asks Pip to take her to Satis House because Miss Havisham wrote to Pip requesting it.

True or False: After their argument, Pip later finds Estella sitting at Miss Havisham's knee, mending one of the old bridal garments.

In the passage "her wan bright eyes glaring at me, a very spectre," what does "spectre" mean?

• A mirror image
• A ghost or ghostly apparition
• A distant memory
• A stern judge

When Dickens writes that Estella's familiarity with Pip "conduced to my distraction," what does "conduced" mean?

• Prevented
• Led or contributed to
• Concealed
• Softened

What does "impudence" mean when Pip says he "could not but regard it as being like the honourable Finch's impudence"?

• Generosity
• Cowardice
• Disrespectful boldness
• Confusion