CHAPTER 59 Quiz — Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
Comprehension Quiz: CHAPTER 59
How many years have passed when Pip returns to visit Joe and Biddy in Chapter 59?
- Five years
- Seven years
- Eleven years
- Twenty years
What name have Joe and Biddy given their young son?
- Joe
- Herbert
- Abel
- Pip
Where does Pip take young Pip on their walk the next morning?
- To Satis House
- To the churchyard
- To the marshes
- To London
What does Biddy advise Pip to do?
- Return to London
- Marry
- Seek out Estella
- Start a business with Joe
How did Estella's husband Bentley Drummle die?
- In a duel
- From illness
- In a horse-related accident caused by his own cruelty
- In a fire at his estate
What remains of Satis House when Pip visits?
- The main hall still stands
- Only the wall of the old garden
- The brewery is intact
- Nothing at all — the land is empty
What is growing on the ruins of Satis House?
- Wildflowers
- Ivy
- Moss
- Weeds
Why has Estella come to the site of Satis House?
- She lives nearby
- To take leave of it before it is built upon
- To search for something Miss Havisham left behind
- To meet Pip by arrangement
What is the only possession Estella refused to give up during her unhappy years?
- Her jewels from Miss Havisham
- The ground where Satis House stood
- Miss Havisham's wedding dress
- A portrait of Pip
How does Pip describe the change in Estella's eyes?
- They are cold and distant
- They show a saddened softened light
- They are filled with anger
- They are unchanged from youth
What does Estella say suffering has taught her?
- To avoid trusting others
- To understand what Pip's heart used to be
- To value wealth above all
- To forget the past entirely
What famous literary figure persuaded Dickens to change the ending of Great Expectations?
- Wilkie Collins
- William Makepeace Thackeray
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- George Eliot
What is the final line of Great Expectations (revised ending)?
- "We are friends, and will continue friends apart."
- "I saw no shadow of another parting from her."
- "The evening mists were rising now."
- "I took her hand in mine, and we went out of the ruined place."
What natural phenomenon in the final paragraph parallels the novel's opening?
- A thunderstorm
- Rising mists
- A sunrise
- Falling snow
What is Pip's current occupation during the events of Chapter 59?
- Blacksmith at the forge
- Clerk for Herbert's mercantile firm abroad
- Lawyer in London
- Gentleman of leisure
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