MCQ on Great Expectation by Charles Dickens

The Great Expectations

By Charles Dickens

Q. To which literary age did Dickens belong?

=> To The Victorian Age.

Q. Where was Dickens born?

=> Landport, Portsmouth, united Kingdom.

Q. Dickens was born at?

=> Land port in 1812. He died in 1870.

Q. Dickens was buried at?

=> Westminster Abbey

Q. Charles Dickens was a…….

=> Victorian Novelist

Q. Who has written Pickwick paper?

=> Charles Dickens

Q. Charles Dickens Novel largely deals with ……

=> Contemporary Social Condition.

Q. What is the Full name of Dickens?

=> Charles John Huffam Dickens.

Q. Dickens Was?

=> The Second child of his parents.

Q. Dickens father was?

=> A Clerk

Q. Who compared Dickens with Shakespeare in making “A characters as real as flesh and blood”?

 => T.S Eliot

Q. Who said about Great Expectations as, “Dickens most compactly perfect book”?

=> G. B Shaw

Q. Which was the first novel of Charles Dickens?

 => Pickwick Papers (1836)

Q. Which was the first novel of Charles Dickens?

=> Our mutual Friend (1864 - 65)

Q. Dickens was the LAST editor of the following newspapers. So which?

=> The Daily News

Q. Who wrote the Novel Great expectation?

Ans :- Charles Dickens wrote the Novel Great Expectation.

Q. Charles Dickens is called?

=> Shakespeare of English Fiction

Q. In which year The Great Expectations was published?

Ans: - 1^st December 1860 to August 1861                                                                                                                                                                 

Q. What is the time period of Great Expectation?

Ans: - In the early to middle nineteenth century.

Q. Who published Great Expectation?

Ans: Chapman and Hall.

Q. What is the main message of Great Expectations?

Ans : Affection, Loyalty and Conscience.

Q. What is the meaning of Great Expectation?

=> Strong hopes or Beliefs

Q. What does Great Expectations focus on?

=> Wealth and Poverty, Love and Rejection

Q. In 1861, Great Expectations was published in?

Ans: Three Volumes.

Q. To what genre of fiction defined by its depiction of a character’s grown from childhood to adulthood does Great Expectations belong?

=> Bildungsroman

Q. Charles Dickens Great Expectation can be considered….?

=> An Autobiographical Novel.

Q. Where and When Charles Dickens Born?

Ans: Charles Dickens born at Portsea on 7^th February, 1812.

Q. What is the full name of Charles Dickens?

Ans:- Charles John Huffam Dickens

Q.  What is the father name of Charles Dickens?

Ans:- The father name of Charles Dickens is John Dickens.

Q. Who said about Great Expectation as, “Pip nonsense”?

=> Thomas Carlyle

Q. The protagonist of the novel Great Expectation is?

=> Pip

Q. Great Expectations is narrated by?

=> Pip

Q. Who is Pip?

=> Pip is a poor innocent orphan boy.

Q. What is the Real name of Pip?

Ans: Philip Phirip

Q. What is the age of Pip when the Novel starts?

=> 7 years

Q. With whom Pip lived?

=> His Sister and her husband.

Q. What is the name of his sister?

 => Mrs. Joe

Q. Who is Mrs. Joe?

=> Mrs. Joe is the sister of Pip.

Q. What’s the name of the husband of Pip’s sister?

Ans: Mr. Joe Gargery.

Q. What is Mr. Joe?

=> Mr. Joe was a Blacksmith.

Q. How does Mr. Joe treat Pip?

=> Mr. Joe treat him like very kind and loving to the boy.

Q. What advice does Joe Gargery give to Pip?

=>To always be honest and forthright.

Q. The man who met Pip in the Churchyard asked Pip to bring?

=> Food and File

Q. How does Mrs. Joe Gargery treat to Pip?

=> His sister reared him in her cottage, but apparently without affection or kindness him as

Q. Who is the convict in Great Expectation?

=> Magwitch

Q. Who is Miss Havisham?

=> Rich and grim lady.

Q. What is the name of Miss Havisham house?

=> Satis House

Q. Who was the clerk of Jagger’s lawyer?

=> Wemmick

Q. How does Miss Havisham die?

=> Her cloths caught fire.

Q. Who is Estella?

=> Estella is the adapted daughter of Miss Havisham.

Q. Who is Estella’s father?

=> Abel Magwitch

Q. Who is Estella’s Mother?

=> Molly

Q. How does Estella treat Pip?

=> Unpleasantly

Q. Who is the heroine of the Novel?

=> Estella

Q. What was the card game that Pip and Stella played?

=. Begger-my-neighbour

Q. Who can be seen as a direct contrast to Pip?

=> Bentley Drummle

Q. Whom did Estella marry first?

=> Bentley Drummle

Q. Who calls Pip, “the coarse and common labour boy?”

=> Estella

Q. What happens when Mrs. Joe is attacked?

=> She suffers brain damage and is disabled.

Q. Who is Pip’s tutor in London?

=> Matthew Pocket

Q. Who is responsible for the attack on Mrs. Joe?

=> Orlick

Q. What does Pip do on Sundays?

=> Teaches Joe Gargery to read.  

Q. Where did Joe Gargery and his family members live?

=> In the marsh area of Kent

Q. Why did Magwitch work all those years only to send money to Pip?

=> Because Pip fed him when Magwitch was a convict once.

Q. Who took Pip to the Miss Havinsham’s house?

=> His uncle Pumblechook.

Q. What is the name of Miss Havisham’s manor?

=> Satis House

Q. Who calls Pip’s father as “The Aged Parent”?

=> Wemmick

Who does Pip suspect of being his secret benefactor, for most of the Novel?

=> Miss Havisham

Q. How was Miss Havisham dressed?

=> In her wedding dress.

Q. At which time all the clocks in Satis house were stopped?

=> Twenty minutes before nine, which symbolizes the moment when she had her heart broken.

Q. Who was the low year of Miss Havisham?

=> Mr. Jaggers

Q. Who was the clerk of Jagger’s Lawyer?

=> Wemmick

Q. Who is “the pale young gentleman” in Great Expectations?

=> Herbert

Q. Where does Estella live when she goes abroad?

Ans: France      

Q. What is the common name of poor Cocktown factory workers?

=> Hands

Q. In London, what is Pip’s reaction to Joe’s visit?

=> Embarrassment

Q. The mystery of Miss Havisham’s seclusion is that she….?

=> The deceived and robbed by a young man.

Q. Who tells Pip that Compeyson was Miss Havisham’s fiancé?

=> Herbert

Q. Who is Mr. Herbert?

=> Pip’s friend

Q. With whom Mr. Joe marriage after the death of Mrs. Joe?

=> Biddy

Q. Who is the wife Herbert?

=> Clara

Q. Pip goes to his village after how many year?

=> 11 years.

What happens to Compeson at the end of the Novel?

=> He disappears and is presumed drowned.

Q. Charles Dickens ‘Great Expectations’ can be considered ……?

=> A Semi-Autobiographical Novel.

Q. In London, what is Pip’s reaction to Joe’s visit?

=> Snobbish behavior

Q. What name does Magwitch use to hide his identity?

=> proves

Q. What is the source of the Havisham fortune?

=> A brewery

What was the name of Miss Havisham’s brother Compeyson’s first partner?

=> Arthur

Q. Who buys Herbert’s way into business?

=> Pip

Q. Whom does Estella marry?

=> Bentley Drummle

Q. Who is the “Pale Young gentleman”?

=> Herbert

Q. The lady deserted on the bridal morning in Great Expectation?

=> Miss Havisham

What is Herbert’s nickname for Pip?

=> Handel

Q. Where had Pip met Herbert for the first time?

=> In Miss Havisham’s garden where they fought.

Q. Miss Havisham raised Estella to have no heart and break the hearts of …..?

=> Men

Q. Who tells Pip that Compeyson wa Miss Havishame’s fiance?

=> Herbert

Q. Pip becomes the roommate of …. London?

=> Herbert

Q. How old is Pip when Magwitch returns to his life?

=> 21

Q. Who is the Convict in Great Expectation?

=> Abel Magwitch

Q. Estella marries to ….

=> Bentley Drummle

Q. What is the nickname o Herbert?

=> Handel

Q. Is Pip gentleman at the end of the novel Great Expectation?

=> Pip acted as Gentleman

Q. Olick reappears in Pip’s life, employed as Miss Havisham’s?

=> Porter

Q. The final words of Miss Joe Gargery apparently indicated that she was apologizing for the behavior towords?

=> Joe Gargery and Pip.

Q. Who plays the role of a villain in Great Expectation?

=> Olick