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Great Expectations quiz

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Where does young Pip first meet the escaped convict?

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  1. 1 Easy

    Who is the rival convict who betrayed Abel Magwitch?

    Answer: Compeyson

    Why: Compeyson never came to the wedding: his letter reached Miss Havisham at twenty minutes to nine, and every clock in the house still shows it.

  2. 2 Medium

    What predatory animal does Pip compare Orlick to?

    Answer: A tiger

    Why: In the same scene the insult runs the other way too: Orlick repeatedly calls Pip a wolf while snarling at him like a tiger.

  3. 3 Hard

    What does Wemmick raise to cut off his cottage?

    Answer: A drawbridge

    Why: The plank spans a chasm about four feet wide and two deep, and Wemmick keeps a pig, fowls and rabbits out back in case of siege.

  4. 4 Easy

    Who marries Joe Gargery near the end of Great Expectations?

    Answer: Biddy

    Why: Pip had initially intended to ask Biddy to marry him, only to arrive home on the very day of her wedding to Joe.

  5. 5 Medium

    What was Pip's apprenticeship trade before he became a gentleman?

    Answer: Blacksmith

    Why: Miss Havisham paid a premium of twenty five guineas to bind Pip, who was in the fourth year of his indentures when his fortune arrived.

  6. 6 Hard

    Where does Magwitch first appear on the night he returns to London?

    Answer: Garden Court

    Why: Pip's rooms were in Garden Court in the Temple, and Magwitch climbed the stairs in a storm just as the clocks struck eleven.

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