CHAPTER 42 Quiz — Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
Comprehension Quiz: CHAPTER 42
How does Magwitch summarize his entire life in a single phrase?
- "Working and stealing, working and stealing"
- "In jail and out of jail, in jail and out of jail"
- "Running and hiding, running and hiding"
- "Begging and fighting, begging and fighting"
Where does Magwitch first meet Compeyson?
- At Kingston Jail
- On the marshes near Pip's village
- At Epsom Races
- In a London courtroom
What was Compeyson's primary criminal enterprise?
- Highway robbery and horse theft
- Swindling, forgery, and passing stolen bank-notes
- Smuggling goods across the English Channel
- Pickpocketing and burglary in London
What does Arthur see in his terrifying deathbed vision?
- A dark figure carrying chains
- A woman in white with flowers in her hair and a shroud over her arm
- The ghost of Compeyson standing over him
- A burning ship on the Thames
What sentences did Compeyson and Magwitch receive at their trial?
- Compeyson: 14 years; Magwitch: 7 years
- Compeyson: 7 years; Magwitch: 14 years
- Both received 10 years
- Compeyson: acquitted; Magwitch: life
What argument did Compeyson's lawyer use to win leniency?
- That Compeyson had cooperated with the authorities from the start
- That the two men's social class and upbringing should determine their guilt
- That Magwitch had forced Compeyson into the crimes
- That the stolen notes were actually legitimate currency
How did Magwitch learn to read?
- From prison visitors who gave him tracts
- From Compeyson, who tutored him
- From a deserting soldier hiding under potatoes
- From a schoolteacher who took pity on him
True or False: Arthur dies at exactly the time the ghostly woman predicted she would come for him.
- True
- False
True or False: Magwitch successfully killed Compeyson when he attacked him on the prison ship.
- True
- False
In context, what does Magwitch mean when he says Compeyson was "a dab at the ways of gentlefolks"?
- Compeyson was awkward around the upper class
- Compeyson was skilled at imitating gentlemanly behavior
- Compeyson was employed as a servant to gentlemen
- Compeyson was critical of the upper class
What does Magwitch mean by saying he was Compeyson's "black slave"?
- That Compeyson literally owned him
- That he worked for Compeyson without any pay
- That Compeyson trapped him through debt and manipulation, making him completely dependent
- That Compeyson forced him to work in mines
What critical information does Herbert write in his note to Pip?
- That Magwitch is actually Pip's father
- That Compeyson is Miss Havisham's betrayer and Arthur was her half-brother
- That Compeyson has been captured by the police
- That Magwitch's story contradicts what Jaggers told Pip
When Magwitch says he was "stuck in the stocks," what punishment is he describing?
- Being locked in a cellar
- Being confined in a wooden frame that held his feet and hands as public punishment
- Being placed in solitary confinement
- Being tied to a post and whipped
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