Characters
Who Said That!? (Quotes)
Key Terms and Definitions
The Plot Thickens
Rising to Great Expectations
100
This person claims to be Pip's original benefactor.
Who is Pumblechook?
100
"Break their hearts, my pride and hope, break their hearts and have no mercy."
Who is Miss Havisham?
100
The name of the piece of cane with which Pip gets beat.
What is tickler?
100
All the clocks at Miss Havisham's house are stopped at this time.
When is 8:40?
100
What Joe calls Pip while he is visiting in London.
What is "sir"?
200
This person and Estella are happily married until he is killed as a result of mistreating a horse.
Who is Bentley Drummle?
200
"Now I return this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has great expectations."
Who is Mr. Jaggers?
200
The point of view from which the novel is narrated.
What is first-person narration?
200
The story of Great Expectations takes place over this period of time.
What is 30 years?
200
This person frequently complains to Pip that he is not of high enough social standing.
Who is Estella?
300
The nickname Herbert Pocket gives to Pip.
Who is Handel?
300
"She lived and found powerful friends. She is living now. She is a lady and very beautiful. And I love her!"
Who is Pip?
300
This is another name for Miss Havisham's house.
What is Satis House?
300
These two people are Estella's real parents?
Who are Molly and Magwitch?
300
This person pays the jewler's bill for Pip when he is broke and has fallen ill.
Who is Joe?
400
This person is known as "The Avenging Phantom."
Who is Pepper?
400
"My guiding star always is, get hold of portable property."
Who is Wemmick?
400
The name of the prison where Magwitch dies and where Wemmick takes Pip.
What is Newgate?
400
This is the crime Mr. Jaggers' housekeeper committed before she was acquitted due to his defense.
What is murdering a woman?
400
This is Pip's deepest pain and regret through the course of obtaining his great expectations.
What is treating Joe so badly?
500
This person is the "second convict" at the marshes and was also once Miss Havisham's fiancée.
Who is Compeyson?
500
"I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me."
Who is Estella?
500
The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
What is irony?
500
These two people could be considered the villains of the story.
Who are Orlick and Compeyson?
500
This is Pip's only positive accomplishment once he acquires his great expectations.
What is completing Herbert's partnership?
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