CHAPTER 52 Quiz — Great Expectations

What does Pip accomplish by visiting Clarriker at the beginning of Chapter 52?

• He secures a loan for Magwitch's escape
• He finalizes Herbert's secret business partnership
• He pays off his personal debts
• He arranges passage on a steamer to Hamburg

Pip reflects that securing Herbert's partnership is "the only good thing I had done" since learning of his expectations.

Why can't Pip row in the planned escape?

• He has never learned to row
• His arms are still injured from the fire at Satis House
• He needs to navigate and give directions
• Wemmick forbade him from participating directly

What does Wemmick's letter advise Pip to do?

• Leave the country immediately
• Attempt the escape plan on Wednesday
• Visit Miss Havisham at Satis House
• Surrender Magwitch to the authorities

Who does Herbert suggest to help with Magwitch's escape?

• Wemmick
• Joe Gargery
• Startop
• Mr. Jaggers

The escape plan targets Rotterdam as the destination port.

What does the anonymous letter promise Pip?

• Money from an unknown benefactor
• Information regarding his uncle Provis
• A meeting with Estella
• Evidence against Compeyson

What is the meaning of "sanguine" as used in "Without being sanguine as to my own part in these bright plans"?

• Fearful
• Optimistic
• Knowledgeable
• Indifferent

What does the innkeeper unknowingly tell Pip?

• The story of Magwitch's escape from prison
• Pip's own life story, crediting Pumblechook as his benefactor
• News about Estella's marriage
• Details about the anonymous letter writer

What literary device is used in "The falser he, the truer Joe; the meaner he, the nobler Joe"?

• Simile
• Antithesis
• Onomatopoeia
• Allusion

Pip tells Herbert the real reason he is traveling to the marshes.

What does "epistle" mean as used in "I had to read this mysterious epistle again"?

• A secret code
• A letter
• A warning sign
• A legal document

What role will Pip play during the escape by boat?

• He will row alongside Herbert
• He will steer the boat
• He will sit with Magwitch as lookout
• He will stay behind and create a diversion

Why is the Pumblechook scene at the inn significant to Pip's character development?

• It motivates him to confront Pumblechook publicly
• It makes him realize he should return to London immediately
• It deepens his guilt over neglecting Joe and Biddy
• It reveals that Pumblechook knows about Magwitch