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    Great Expectations by Charles Dickens tells the story of Pip, an orphan boy taken in by his sister in early Victorian England. Pip dreams of becoming a gentleman of leisure but is from a working class background. He is surprised to learn that a mysterious benefactor has provided him a large inheritance, allowing him to leave his old life behind. However, over time Pip comes to realize that true happiness comes from family and hard work, not wealth or social status. The novel explores themes of social class, obsession with the past, and how people's expectations can both help and hinder their life paths.

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    Great Expectations by Charles Dickens tells the story of Pip, an orphan boy taken in by his sister in early Victorian England. Pip dreams of becoming a gentleman of leisure but is from a working class background. He is surprised to learn that a mysterious benefactor has provided him a large inheritance, allowing him to leave his old life behind. However, over time Pip comes to realize that true happiness comes from family and hard work, not wealth or social status. The novel explores themes of social class, obsession with the past, and how people's expectations can both help and hinder their life paths.

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    Great Expectations by Charles Dickens tells the story of Pip, an orphan boy taken in by his sister in early Victorian England. Pip dreams of becoming a gentleman of leisure but is from a working class background. He is surprised to learn that a mysterious benefactor has provided him a large inheritance, allowing him to leave his old life behind. However, over time Pip comes to realize that true happiness comes from family and hard work, not wealth or social status. The novel explores themes of social class, obsession with the past, and how people's expectations can both help and hinder their life paths.

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    Great Expectations by Charles Dickens tells the story of Pip, an orphan boy taken in by his sister in early Victorian England. Pip dreams of becoming a gentleman of leisure but is from a working class background. He is surprised to learn that a mysterious benefactor has provided him a large inheritance, allowing him to leave his old life behind. However, over time Pip comes to realize that true happiness comes from family and hard work, not wealth or social status. The novel explores themes of social class, obsession with the past, and how people's expectations can both help and hinder their life paths.

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    GREAT EXPECTATIONS

     
    PART 1: Mark the sentenses with True or False.
    1. Satis house represents the values of hard work and family life.
    True
    False
    2. Charles Dickens wanted to choose the title “Great Expectations” to emphasise Pip’s greatest dream.   
    A. True
    B. False
    3. As the novel progresses, Pip begins to value hard work.
    True
    False
    4. Money has made Pip a more well-rounded and well-developed person.
    True
    False
    5. In “Great Expectations”, the symbol “stopped clocks” warns people not to get stuck in the past.
    A. True
    B. False
    6. Hardships and heartaches have made Pip a more well-rounded and well-developed person.
    True
    False
    7. Conflict creates the need for change in a story.   
    A. True
    B. False
    8. Miss Havisham is stuck in the past. She can't stop thinking about her loss.
    True
    False
    9. 8:40 is the exact time she found out her abandoned incident.
    True
    False
    10. Setting is what happens in a story.  
    A. True
    B. False
    11. The title "Great expectations" clearly refers to Pip.
    True
    False
    12. “Great Expectations” is told by a third-person narrator.
    A. True
    B. False
    13. Great Expectations is a very good example of a Victorian novel.
    True
    False
    14. The wedding dress catches fire and gives her severe burns, which she never recovers from.
    True
    False
    15. Miss Havisham’s wedding dress symbolizes death.
    True
    False
    16. “Great Expectations” deals with the themes of crime, guilt and social class.
    A. True
    B. False
    17. Pip becomes a merchant, and a member of the middle class.
    True
    False
    18. Victorian novels include characteristics such as complex plots, various characters, detailed
    descriptions of London and other places, issues of social mobility.
    True
    False
    19. As the novel progresses, Pip returns to his family and the people that he loves.
    True
    False
    20. Charles Dickens composed Great Expectations.
    True
    False
    21. The wedding dress becomes the instrument of Mis Havisham’s actual death.
    True
    False
    22. In the 18th century, Charles Dickens helped bring the modern novel to English readers.
    A. True
    B. False
    23. Pip's "great expectations" are a large sum of money and becoming a gentleman.
    True
    False
    24. The setting is the time and place in which the story takes place.
    A. True
    B. False
    25. Joe’s house shows the value of hard work.
    True
    False

    PART 2: Choose the best answers.


    1. In “Great Expectations”, Pip is preoccupied with __________.
    A. moving up socially
    B. having good fortune
    C. becoming a rich merchant
    2. Pip ends up to learn to see ______________ as it really is - stuck in the past and falling down.
    A. forge
    B. Satis house
    C. London
    3. What has made Pip a more well-rounded and well-developed person?
    A. hardship 
    B. heartache
    C. both A and B
    4. The white wedding dress Miss Havisham still wears is very much a symbol of ____________.
    A. wealth
    B. death
    C. decay
    5. ___________ implies that Miss Havisham can't stop thinking about her loss in the past.
    A. The wedding cake
    B. The stopped clocks
    C. The wedding dress
    6. Which of the following is NOT true about Pip?
    A. He accepts his life.
    B. He becomes a gentleman.
    C. He values hard work.
    7. ____________ are a physical representation of Miss Havisham’s obsession.
    A. The wedding cake
    B. The stopped clocks
    C. The wedding dress
    8. In Great Expectations, the symbol “stop clocks” relate very much to __________. 
    A. Pip
    B. Joe
    C. Miss Havisham
    9. _____________ shows that Pip will only be happy when he returns to these values.
    A. Satis house
    B. Joe’s house
    C. London
    10. ______________ have made Pip a more well-rounded and well-developed person.
    A. Hardships
    B. Heartaches
    C. A & B are correct
    11. The most important theme in the passage from “Great Expectations” is __________.
    A. appearance
    B. social class
    C. success
    12. The story is told by a ____________ narrator, Pip, who is telling his own story.
    A. first-person
    B. second-person
    C. third-person
    13. The rise of the middle class is also a common ____________ in Victorian novels.
    A. theme
    B. plot
    C. symbol
    14. ____________ are usually quite dense, with complicated plots, lots of characters, and realistic
    physical descriptions.
    A. Victorian novels
    B. Victorian era
    C. Victorian characteristics
    15. Pip becomes a merchant and eventually ends up in the ______________.
    A. middle
    B. upper
    C. lower
    16. One of the most specific characteristics of Victorian novels is __________. 
    A. social mobility
    B. past obsession
    C. revenge
    17. What does Joe's house represent?
    A. home, love, and family
    B. money and fame
    C. death
    18. The first-person narrator is ______________ since he doesn't know where Joe has gone when he goes
    out to find him.
    A. limited
    B. omniscient
    C. A and B are correct
    19. The title Great Expectations clearly refers to ______________.
    A. Joe
    B. Magwitch
    C. Pip
    20. The author of “Great Expectations” is __________.
    A. Charles Dickens who was born in 1811.
    B. Charles Dickens who was born in 1812.
    C. Charles Dickens who was born in 1813.
    21. Pip's "great expectations" are ______________.
    A. a large sum of money
    B. becoming a gentleman
    C. A and B are correct.
    22. The theme of ______________ is most important to the passage.
    A. life’s hardship
    B. social class
    C. appearance
    23. Joe is happy in his forge and shows the value of ______________.
    A. hard work
    B. crime
    C. social class
    24. In “Great Expectations”, Pip is preoccupied with __________.
    A. moving up socially
    B. having good fortune
    C. becoming a rich merchant
    25. What represents a life of leisure and inherited money that Pip dreams of?
    A. Joe’s house.
    B. Satis House.
    C. the forge.
    26. At what time are the clocks in Satis house stopped?
    A. at 5:40
    B. at 8:40
    C. at 8:14
    27. The Victorian era was a time where it was possible to _______________, perhaps for the first time in
    history.
    A. move between classes
    B. trigger dreams of becoming gentlemen
    C. be full of dust
    28. The title “Great Expectations” was chosen to emphasise Pip’s __________.
    A. amazing success
    B. greatest dream
    C. burning desire for love
    29. ___________ ends up being the most comfortable setting in the novel.
    A. Satis house
    B. Joe’s house
    C. London
    30. The ___________ of Great Expectations is very complex, with lots of twists, turns, and surprises.
    A. protagonist
    B. setting
    C. plot
    31. The white wedding dress Miss Havisham still wears is very much a symbol of __________.
    A. wealth
    B. death
    C. decay
    32. After losing his fortune, Pip becomes a merchant and eventually ends up in the ____________.
    A. upper class
    B. middle class
    C. aristocracy
    33. One of the most specific characteristics of Victorian novels is that of _____________.
    A. past obsession
    B. revenge
    C. social mobility
    34. ____________ create parallels with aspects of the story and help communicate the main ideas of the
    novel.
    A. The plot
    B. The settings
    C. The characters
    35. Both Satis House and Joe’s house in “Great Expectations” __________.
    A. represent a life of leisure
    B. help to communicate the themes
    C. relate to Pip’s greatest dreams
    36. The white wedding dress she still wears is very much a symbol of ______________.
    A. death
    B. decay
    C. being stuck in the past
    37. ___________ makes Miss Havisham appear almost like a preserved Egyptian mummy.
    A. The wedding cake
    B. The wedding dress
    C. The stopped clocks
    38. He learns from his mistakes and begins to value hard work.
    A. Compeyson
    B. Magwitch
    C. Pip
    39. Which of the following is NOT true about Pip?
    A. He finally becomes a gentleman.
    B. He finally returns to his beloved.
    C. He ends up a much better person.
    40. The __________ of “Great Expectations” is in England in the middle of the 19th century.
    A. setting
    B. place
    C. time
    41. Pip's greatest dream is that of becoming a ______________.
    A. blacksmith
    B. merchant
    C. gentleman
    42. One of the most specific characteristics of Victorian novels is __________.
    A. past obsession
    B. revenge
    C. social mobility
    43. ______________ are a physical representation of Miss Havisham’s obsession with the past.
    A. The wedding cake
    B. The wedding dress
    C. The stopped clocks
    44. The symbol of ______________ relates to Miss Havisham, who is stuck in the past.
    A. the wedding cake
    B. the wedding dress
    C. the stopped clocks
    

    Great Expectations is one of Charles Dickens' most famous novels. It's set in early Victorian England
    (c. 1840-50) and tells the story of a young man named Pip. Pip is an orphan, and his older sister takes
    care of him. She is very mean to both him and her husband, Joe. One day, Pip meets a convict called
    Magwitch, who has escaped from prison. Pip helps the man and gives him some food and a file to
    remove the chains. Some time later, Pip goes to play at Satis House, where the strange Miss
    Havisham lives. Miss Havisham is a old woman who always wears a wedding dress. She takes care
    of a beautiful little girl, Estella. Pip is soon in love with Estella, but he knows that he is not a
    gentleman, and therefore never be with her. Furthermore, Estella is often mean to Pip. Pip starts
    working as a blacksmith with Joe, but he dreams of being a rich gentleman. One day, his dreams
    come true. A lawyer tells him that some mysterious benefactor has given him a sum of money. Pip
    thinks that it must be Miss Havisham and is excited to become a gentleman for Estella.

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