Great Expectations AP Style Literature Questions

1. In chapter ten, Pip says, “I had sadly broken sleep when I got to bed, through thinking of the strange man taking aim at me with his invisible gun, and of the guiltily coarse and common thing it was, to be on secret terms of conspiracy with convicts - a feature in my low career that I had previously forgotten. It can BEST be inferred that...?
1. Pip regrets helping the convict and wishes he never did.
2. Pip is anxious that the stranger knows his secret and fears that he will get caught.
3. Pip is angry at himself for helping the convict and dreads that the stranger will confront him.
4. Pip is scared that the stranger will come to kill him for having committed a crime.
5. Pip worries that the secret will hinder his career.

2. In chapter ten, the stranger at the Jolly Bargemen can be characterized by all of the following EXCEPT?
1. Covert
2. Threatening
3. Fixated
4. Irascible
5. Generous

3. In chapter eleven, Camilla says, “ Chokings and nervous jerkings, however, are nothing new to me when I think with anxiety of those I love.” What does Miss Havisham think of this statement?
1. She feels sorry her sickliness is causing Camilla pain.
2. She enjoys Camilla’s suffering because she despises her.
3. She thinks Camilla is being fake and trying to appeal to her.
4. She believes Camilla is the only good relative she has.
5. She is annoyed at Camilla’s altruistic personality.

4. In chapter eleven, Miss Havisham says, “...It and I have worn away together. The mice have gnawed at it, and sharper teeth than teeth of mice have gnawed at me.” Miss Havisham might be BEST described as?
1. Sanguine
2. Buoyant
3. Jaunty
4. Despondent
5. Aberrant

5. “What with the birthday visitors, and what with the cards, and what with the fight, my stay had lasted so long, that when I neared home the light on the spit of sand off the point on the marshes was gleaming against a black night-sky and Joe's furnace was flinging a path of fire across the road.” This statement at the end of chapter eleven is NOT an example of which of the following?
1. Metaphor
2. Imagery
3. Repetition
4. Juxtaposition
5. Symbolism

6. Which of the following expressions from chapter twelve exemplifies Dickens’ humorous tone?
1. “...fly at Pumblechook, and pummel him all over.”
2. “You’re growing tall, Pip!”
3. “Hold your head, boy, and be forever grateful...”
4. “I know nothing about times.”
5. “Break their hearts and have no mercy.”

7. “a spare shawl, and an umbrella, though it was a fine bright day...I am not quite clear whether these articles were carried penitentially or ostentatiously.” From context in chapter thirteen, “penitentially” and “ostentatiously” are synonymous to...?
1. morosefully and jovially
2. regretfully and showily
3. purposefully and unconsciously
4. calculatingly and pretentiously
5. angrily and unintentionally  

8. In chapter thirteen, Pip asks, “Am I to come again?”. She replies, “No. Gargery is your master now.” It can BEST be inferred that...?
1. Pip is glad he will not have to be Miss Havisham’s escort around the house.
2. Pip is sad that he will not be seeing Biddy.
3. Pip does not want to leave and wants to continue seeing Estella.
4. Pip feels regretful for beating up the pale young boy and is sad that he will not be able to apologize.
5. Pip is happy that he can finally leave Miss Havisham’s creepy house and Estella’s nasty comments.

9. In chapter fourteen, Pip says, “I had believed in the forge as the glowing road to manhood and independence... all this was changed. Now, it was all coarse and common.” Pip’s attitude towards his home then to now can BEST be described as...?
1. Laudatory to despisement
2. Patronizing to cynical
3. Reverent to overwhelmed
4. Sincere to accustory
5. Earnest to objective

10. In chapter fifteen, what is the purpose of the parentheses around (“Let her alone, will you?” said Joe).
1. To indicate that Joe said it in a quiet voice.
2. To show that Joe interrupted and talked at the same time at which Orlick and Mrs. Joe were arguing.
3. To illustrate that it was unimportant and irrelevant dialogue.
4. To indicate that Joe was a bystander of Orlick and Mrs. Joe’s argument.
5. To show that Joe’s statement had no effect on Orlick and Mrs. Joe.

11. In chapter fifteen, Pip says, “I wanted to make Joe less ignorant and common, that he might be worthier of my society and less open to Estella’s reproach.” Which of these statements about his changing values is true?
1. Honesty and goodness are not enough for Pip. He, who at one time was very sensitive to Joe and others, is now very self-centered.
2. Pip is aware of how common Joe and the forge is, and he has grown weary of other people’s opinions and judgement.
3. Pip has grown to value humility, but still values education even as a blacksmith.

1. i
2. ii
3. i and ii
4. ii and iii
5. i, ii, and iii

12. Which of the following expressions from chapter fifteen does NOT illustrate a distinction of class and society between the forge and uptown?
1. “I had been looking round - in fact, for Estella - and I stammered that I hoped she was well. “Abroad,” said Miss Havisham; educating for a lady...”
2. “She had been knocked down by a tremendous blow on the back of the head... destined never to be on the Rampage again, while she was the wife of Joe.”
3. “As I was loitering along the High-street, looking in disconsolately at the shop windows, and thinking what I would buy if I were a gentleman..”
4. “Well?’ said she, fixing her eyes upon me. ‘I hope you want nothing? You’ll get nothing.”
5. “The old Battery out on the marshes was our place of study, and a broken slate and a short piece of slate pencil were our educational implements.”  

13. In chapter sixteen, how does a previous event greatly impact a current condition?
1. Pip’s lessons to Joe is greatly helping him communicate with his ill wife.
2. Orlick attacked Mrs. Joe because of the argument they had earlier
3. Estella went to study abroad because she no longer wanted to see Pip.
4. Mrs. Wopsle’s great aunt passed away because the stress she received from her students’ mischief
5. Mrs. Joe is suffering from the iron that Pip’s convict had been filing at.

14. In chapter sixteen, Pip thinks, “I had a further restraining dread that he would not believe it, but would assort it with the fabulous dogs and veal-cutlets as a monstrous invention.” From context, what does the word “monstrous invention” mean?
1. A great lie
2. Delicious food
3. An Ingenious innovation
4. Large animals
5. An evil creation

15. Mrs. Joe’s behavior around Orlick at the end of chapter sixteen can best be described as...?
1. Normal
2. Conspicuous
3. Rude
4. Eccentric
5. Aberrant

16. In chapter seventeen, Pip gets mad at the thought that Orlick fancies Biddy. This can best be described as..?
1. Ironic
2. Sarcastic
3. Derisive
4. Satiric
5. Cynical

17. “The coroner, in Mr. Wopsle’s hands, became Timon of Athens; the beadle, Coriolanus.” This statement from chapter eighteen is an example of which of the following?
1. Hubris
2. Zeugma
3. Allusion
4. Simile
5. Parallelism

18. In chapter eighteen, Pip says, “Joe and Biddy became more at their cheerful ease again, I became quite gloomy. Dissatisfied with my fortune, of course I could not be; but it is possible that I may have been..” The opposition is between...?
1. Pip vs. Law
2. Pip vs. Society
3. Pip vs. Justice
4. Pip vs. Himself
5. Pip vs. Nature

19. In chapter nineteen, When Pumblechook calls Pip, “my dear friend” after having learned about the London offer, Dickens illustrates which of the following?
1. Pumblechook has a never-changing pretentious personality.
2. Pip and Pumblechook has come good terms.
3. Pumblechook has changed for the better and gives Pip respect.
4. Pip has become a great threat to Pumblechook, so he must be nice to Pip.
5. Pumblechook was always modest and humble.

20. In chapter nineteen, Pip says, “I was better after I had cried, than before - more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.” The “ingratitude” that Pip is referring to is most likely...?
1. His ingratitude towards Orlick who gave him company at the forge.
2. His ingratitude towards Mrs. Joe for raising him up by hand.
3. His ingratitude towards Estella who let him kiss her cheek.
4. His ingratitude towards Pumblechook who gave him the opportunity to meet Miss Havisham.
5. His ingratitude towards Joe and his generosity.

ANSWER KEY

1. B
2. D
3. C
4. D
5. A
6. A
7. B
8. C
9. A
10. B
11. C
12. B
13. E
14. A
15. E
16. A
17. C
18. D
19. A
20. E