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Great Expectations
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1
What illness did Dickens' mother have when he was writing Great Expectations?
Influenza
Cancer
Dementia
Tuberculosis
2
A prominent Victorian preacher said that due to original sin children were incapable of good.
True?
False?
3
Which of the five major novel types is GE not? Silver fork, Romantic, Social, Newgate, Gothic?
Romantic
Silver fork
Trick question - it's all of them
Gothic
4
Fill in the blanks: ‘He __________ on her affection in that _____________ way,'
practised; systematic
worked; systematic
acted; practised
practised; methodical
5
Fill in the blank: 'In a word, I was too ____________ to do what I knew to be right,'
child-like
afraid
cowardly
scared
6
What does Estella say has been 'stronger than all other teaching'?
'Sadness'
'Pain'
'Suffering'
'Guilt'
7
Fill in the blanks: 'no _________ can ________ the grain of the wood;
varnish; mask
varnish; hide
sanding; hide
paint; hide
8
Between 1850 and 1890 by what percentage did followers of Christianity increase?
20%
12%
18%
14%
9
Which chapter does this quotation come from? ‘my coarse hands and my common boots.’
10
9
8
7
10
Dickens loved Great Expectations.
False?
True?
11
How many monarchs were on the throne across the time frame of Great Expectations?
4
2
3
1
12
Fill in the blanks: 'an immensely __________ and __________ lady'
rich; sad
wealthy; sad
wealthy; grim
rich; grim
13
Fill in the Satis House blanks: 'a ______ and ________ house barricaded against _________'
large; bleak; robbers
vast; forlorn; people
large; dismal; robbers
sparse; old; love
14
Having a pale appearance was a desirable quality in Victorian Britain.
False?
True?
15
'But if you think as Money can make compensation to me for the loss of the little child - '
Joe to Jaggers?
Joe to Pip
Joe to Pumblechook
Joe to Mrs Joe
16
What is Magwitch sat in front of when he returns in Chapter 39?
The fire
The window
The bed
The mirror
17
Fill in the blank: 'I could not have known my _______ more distinctly than I knew him now,'
benefactor
convict
master
conwict
18
Many Victorians believed that you could only be a gentleman if you were born into the role.
False?
True?
19
At the time the novel is set there were 500,000 inhabitants of London and how many policemen?
4,500
200
1,000
450
20
Dickens believed you had to take responsibility for your crimes.
True?
False?