Author
The Victorian Era
Characters
Plot
Writing Strategies
100

The author of Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

100

A woman's married name would consist of

Her husband's first and last name

100

The following quote describes this character:

“A man with no hat, and with broken shoes, and with an old rag tied round his head…who limped and shivered, and glared and growled; and whose teeth chattered in his head…”

The convict

100

This character looks down on Pip, calling him "common"

Estella

100

The novel is told from this character's first person point of view

Pip's

200

True or False: It can be said that many of Dickens's works are semi-autobiographical

True

200

The people primarily defined by their jobs

Victorian men

200

The following quote describes this character: 

“Her hair always wanted brushing, her hands always wanted washing, and her shoes always wanted mending and pulling up at heel.”

Biddy

200

Many characters tell Pip he should be grateful for this

Being brought up by hand

200

The scene in the marshes at the beginning of the novel uses what writing strategy in its description?

Imagery

300

The title of the publication where many of Dickens's works were published

The Pickwick Papers

300

The quality of this opportunity depended on the social class in which one was raised.

Education

300

The following quote describes this character: 

 “She seemed much older than I, of course, being a girl, and beautiful and self-possessed; and she was as scornful of me as if she had been one and twenty, and a queen.”

Estella

300

Miss Havisham's house is known as Satis House. Satis is Latin for 

Enough

300

Joe's statement to the convict is an example of what writing strategy?

Joe says, "We don't know what you have done, but we wouldn't have you starved to death for it, poor miserable fellow-creature." 

Characterization
400

The title of another novel written by Dickens

A Christmas Carol

Oliver Twist

A Tale of Two Cities

400

These prison ships were used to house criminals when the prisons were full.

The Hulks

400

The following quote describes this character: 

“She was dressed in rich materials – satins, and lace, and silks – all of white. Her shoes were white…some bright jewels sparkled on her neck and on her hands, and some other jewels lay sparkling on the table.”  

Miss Havisham

400

The reason many of Miss Havisham's family members visit her on her birthday

They hope to inherit her money

400

The significance of this quote is a shift in narration to what point of view?

"Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day."

2nd Person

500

It can be said that Dickens wrote about what was going on around him. The reason for this was

To prompt social change

500

An upper class Victorian man was commonly referred to as 

a Gentleman

500

The following quote describes this character: 

 “A fair man, with curls of flaxen hair on each side of his smooth face, and with eyes of a very undecided blue. He was a mild, good-natured, sweet-tempered, easygoing, foolish, dear fellow…”

Joe Gargery

500

Pip's opportunity to go to London for a better education is referred to as 

his Great Expectations

500

The name Satis House is an example of what writing strategy?

Irony - it means "enough" but is falling apart and is not cared for

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