CHAPTER 51 Quiz — Great Expectations

What is Pip's primary reason for visiting Mr. Jaggers in Chapter 51?

• To deliver Miss Havisham's authorization for Herbert's payment
• To confront Jaggers about Estella's true parentage
• To report Magwitch's location to the authorities
• To ask Jaggers for financial help after losing his expectations

How much money does Miss Havisham authorize for Herbert's business partnership?

• Five hundred pounds
• Nine hundred pounds
• One thousand pounds
• Two hundred pounds

What startling piece of information does Pip reveal that Jaggers did NOT already know?

• That Molly is Estella's mother
• That Estella was adopted by Miss Havisham
• That Provis (Magwitch) is Estella's father
• That Estella has been married

What rhetorical device does Jaggers use to tell the story of Estella's origins?

• He writes it in a letter to Pip
• He uses "put the case" legal hypotheticals
• He has Wemmick read from a case file
• He directly confesses every detail

What aspect of Wemmick's life does Pip reveal to Jaggers during his emotional appeal?

• Wemmick's investments in portable property
• Wemmick's engagement to Miss Skiffins
• Wemmick's pleasant home, his old father, and his gentle heart
• Wemmick's secret correspondence with Pip about Magwitch

In Chapter 51, Jaggers reveals that his motivation for saving Estella was that he saw children in the criminal system destroyed daily and wanted to rescue at least one.

In Chapter 51, Jaggers openly admits to Pip that he arranged Estella's adoption and confirms all the details directly.

Why does Jaggers argue against revealing Estella's parentage?

• It would endanger his legal career
• It would benefit neither the father, the mother, nor the daughter
• Miss Havisham forbade it in her will
• Estella already knows the truth

What gesture do Jaggers, Wemmick, and Pip all make to seal their agreement to keep the secret?

• They shake hands in a circle
• They each touch their lips with a forefinger
• They sign a legal document
• They bow their heads in silence

What word meaning "stubbornly refusing to change one's course of action" describes Jaggers's initial response to Pip's appeal?

What does the word "abeyance" mean as used in the phrase "the smallest point in abeyance for a moment"?

• A state of agreement
• A state of temporary suspension or indecision
• A legal ruling
• An angry outburst

Who is Mike, and why is he thrown out of Jaggers's office?

• A rival lawyer who insults Jaggers
• A recurring client who sheds a tear while reporting his daughter's arrest
• A clerk who makes an error in the accounts
• A messenger who delivers bad news about Magwitch

What does the word "forsworn" mean in the context of Jaggers's description of children who are "prosecuted, defended, forsworn, made orphans"?