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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who writes the letter asking to meet Pip on the marshes?

2. Where does Wemmick promise to get Herbert a job?

3. How many other men and women are sentenced to death on the day Magwitch is sentenced to death?

4. Where does Herbert want to go on vacation?

5. What name does Magwtich use when he leaves his hiding place in London?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mr. Wemmick visit Newgate with Pip?

2. What does Mr. Jaggers tell Pip about Estella as they drive to dinner together?

3. What happens just as Pip is about to leave Miss Havisham's house for the last time?

4. What does Estella ask from Pip at the end of the book?

5. Into what kind of trouble does Herbert start to get himself, and how can Pip help him?

6. What will happen to Magwitch if he is caught in England, and why?

7. How does Mr. Wemmick treat his maid?

8. What does Orlick plan to do with Pip when he meets him on the marshes, and why?

9. What does Magwtich tell Herbert after Herbert swears his secrecy?

10. What does Mr. Jaggers discuss with Pip when they meet on Pip's twenty-first birthday?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Power and Greed are two common themes in this book. Where do they appear, and how do they differ in their manifestations?

Essay Topic 2

Mr. Jaggers and Mr. Wemmick are two characters who are very similar in their professional vocations, but are markedly different in other ways. Use some examples from the text to compare and contrast these two dynamic characters.

Essay Topic 3

What role does symbolism play in the story, and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

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