Curso First Certificate - Set Books

EL CURSO DE FIRST CERTIFICATE PREFERIDO POR LOS HISPANOPARLANTES

GREAT EXPECTATIONS - Charles Dickens

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14.

While living in London, Pip believes that he belongs with Estella and that they would be blissfully happy if they married. At the same time, however, Pip admits to himself:

 

A.    that any time he spends with her he himself is constantly miserable.
B. 
  that she was too pretty to ever be happy with him.
C. 
  she's too career oriented.
D. 
  she's much too short.

15.

The final words of Miss. Joe Gargery apparently indicated that:

 

A.    she was apologizing for her behavior toward Pip and Joe.
B. 
  that Orlick had crippled her.
C. 
  she had a large inheritance herself.
D. 
  that she was Pip's real mother.

16.

The 'great expectation' that Pip expected for his 21st birthday was:

 

A.    His benefactor would make her/himself known to Pip.
B. 
  He would finally get a job.
C. 
  Estella would agree to marry him.
D. 
  Miss Havisham would give him more money.



 

17.

How does Pip help Herbert?

 

A.    He leaves Herbert his inheritance.
B. 
  He secretly sets up a job for him.
C. 
  He gives Herbert some cash.
D. 
  He gets Herbert out of jail.

18.

At one point, Estella is being courted by Drummle, who:

 

A.    Pip despised even before he started seeing Estella.
B. 
  was Pip's best friend in the Finches of the Grove.
C. 
  Pip wrestled once in the Miss Havisham's garden.
D. 
  Pip looks up to and admires.

19.

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

 

A.    because Magwitch loved Miss Havisham.
B. 
  because Pip was his sister's son.
C. 
  because Pip fed him wittles many years before when he was an escaped
             convict.

D. 
  because Pip was his son.

20.

Pip's reaction to Magwitch when the convict presents himself as Pip's benefactor is:

 

A.    worried and stressed.
B. 
  cold and disgusted.
C. 
  warm and loving.
D. 
  Pip already knew.

21.

Magwitch needs to hide while in London because:

 

A.    Jaggers wants to kill him.
B. 
  Miss Havisham will have him hung.
C. 
  Pip doesn't want people to see him.
D. 
  He would be arrested immediately if the police found him.



 

22.

The half crazed man named Arthur who worked with Compeyson before Magwitch was actually:

 

A.    Miss Havisham's brother.
B. 
  Miss Havisham's lover.
C. 
  Pip's father.
D. 
  Estella's father.

23.

According to Magwitch, why did Compeyson get a lesser sentence than Magwitch when they both got into trouble?

 

A.    Because Compeyson was related to Miss Havisham.
B. 
  Because Compeyson did not actually do the crime.
C. 
  Because Jaggers was Compeyson's lawyer.
D. 
  Only because Compeyson was a gentleman.

24.

Wemmick finds out that Pip is being watched by:

 

A.    Compeyson.
B. 
  Jaggers.
C. 
  the prisoners he befriends at Newgate. 
D. 
  Magwitch.

25.

Ironically, after Miss Havisham catches on fire, the doctors lay her:

 

A.    on her table where the wedding cake is.
B. 
  on a gurney kept close for just such an occasion.
C. 
  in her garden where she had not been for twenty years.
D. 
  in her bed that she has never slept in.

YOU HAVE JUST FINISHED YOUR SET BOOK # 3 TEST

To evaluate this examination please use this scoring table:

90-100
80-89
70-79
69 or less

=    A  or  EXCELLENT
=    B  or  VERY GOOD
=    C  or  FAIR
=    D  or  NEED TO REVIEW UNITS

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