CHAPTER 45 Quiz — Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

Comprehension Quiz: CHAPTER 45

Where does Pip spend the night after receiving Wemmick's warning?

  • Wemmick's Castle in Walworth
  • The Hummums in Covent Garden
  • Herbert's lodgings in the Temple
  • Miss Havisham's Satis House

What message does Wemmick leave for Pip at the Temple gates?

  • COME TO WALWORTH AT ONCE
  • DON'T GO HOME
  • COMPEYSON IS IN LONDON
  • MAGWITCH HAS BEEN FOUND

How does Pip try to exhaust the phrase "DON'T GO HOME" from his mind during his sleepless night?

  • By writing it repeatedly on paper
  • By conjugating it as a Latin verb
  • By shouting it aloud in his room
  • By reading a book to distract himself

Where did Wemmick overhear the intelligence about Magwitch?

  • At Jaggers's office in Little Britain
  • At the Temple
  • At Newgate Prison
  • At a coffeehouse in Fleet Street

Wemmick confirms that Compeyson is alive and living in London.

Pip visits Magwitch at the new riverside hiding place during this chapter.

What code name does Wemmick use when discussing Magwitch?

  • Mr. Provis
  • Tom, Jack, or Richard
  • The Gentleman from Down Under
  • Our Mutual Friend

Where has Herbert arranged for Magwitch to hide?

  • In Wemmick's Castle at Walworth
  • In a house between Limehouse and Greenwich by the river
  • At Jaggers's residence in Soho
  • In a room above Clarriker's office

What does Wemmick urgently advise Pip to secure?

  • A passport for Magwitch
  • Magwitch's portable property
  • Legal papers from Jaggers
  • A foreign packet-boat ticket

In this chapter, what does the word "fealty" mean, as in "he was restrained by fealty to Little Britain"?

  • Physical distance
  • Professional loyalty or faithfulness
  • Fear and anxiety
  • Legal obligation

What does the term "hackney chariot" refer to in this chapter?

  • A private horse
  • A horse-drawn carriage for hire
  • A type of canal boat
  • A stagecoach

What cover story was given for Magwitch's departure from his old lodgings?

  • That he had returned to Australia
  • That he was summoned to Dover
  • That he had been arrested
  • That he had sailed to France

What does the word "doleful" mean, as used in "What a doleful night"?

  • Exciting and eventful
  • Full of grief or sadness; dreary
  • Surprisingly short
  • Filled with strange sounds

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