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一1. What is the name of Miss Havisham’s manor?(A) Satis House (B) Lockmont(C) Larchmont (D) Satyr House2. In what region of England are the marshes of the novel found?(A) Sussex (B) Wessex(C) Kent (D) Gloucestershire3. How old is Pip when Magwitch returns to his life?(A) 9 (B) 23 (C) 18 (D) 74. In what publication was Great Expectations originally serialized?(A) Home and Away(B) The English Almanac(C) Simple Wisdom(D) All the Year Round5. To what genre of fiction, defined by its depiction of a character’s growth from childhood to adulthood, does Great Expectations belong?(A) Bildungsroman (B) Kunstlerspiegel(C) Mannerism (D) Victorian paternalism6. Who is Pip’s tutor in London?(A) Harold Pocket (B) Walter Pocket(C) Herbert Pocket (D) Matthew Pocket7. Who is Estella’s father?(A) Compeyson (B) Magwitch(C) Joe (D) Jaggers8. What action does Jaggers perform obsessively?(A) He straightens his necktie(B) He adjusts his hair(C) He signs his name(D) He washes his hands9. What is Pip’s reaction to Joe’s visit to him in London? (A) Embarrassment (B) Joy(C) Anger (D) Resignation10. Who takes credit for Pip’s rise in social status?(A) Mrs. Joe (B) Joe(C) Pumblechook (D) Biddy11. Who is responsible for the attack on Mrs. Joe?(A) Magwitch (B) Orlick(C) Compeyson (D) Pip12. For most of the novel, whom does Pip suspect of being his secret benefactor?(A) Jaggers (B) Magwitch(C) Joe (D) Miss Havisham13. What name does Wemmick call his elderly father?(A) “Aged Parent”(B) “Venerable Ancestor”(C) “Decrepit Sire”(D) “Old Feller”14. Who tells Pip that Compeyson was Miss Havisham’s fiancé?(A) Wemmick (B) Estella(C) Herbert (D) Magwitch15. What is Herbert’s nickname for Pip?(A) Haydn (B) Handel(C) Mendelssohn (D) Salieri16. Where does Pip first encounter Magwitch?(A) The river (B) Mrs. Joe’s house(C) The smithy (D) The churchyard17. Who is the “pale young gentleman”?(A) Wemmick (B) Herbert(C) Jaggers (D) Startop18. Whom does Estella marry?(A) Startop (B) Pip(C) Drummle (D) Herbert19. Who buys Herbert’s way into business?(A) Pip (B) Miss Havisham(C) Drummle (D) Estella20. What happens to Compeyson at the end of the novel?(A) He escapes with the Havisham fortune(B) He is shot by the police(C) He is killed by Orlick(D) He disappears and is presumed drowned21. Where does Estella live when she goes abroad?(A) France (B) Spain(C) Germany (D) Boston22. What was the name of Miss Havisham’s brother, Compeyson’s first partner?(A) Magwitch (B) Tumbler(C) Arthur (D) John23. What accident befalls Miss Havisham before her death?(A) She is thrown from a horse(B) She falls from a window(C) A table crushes her legs(D) She is burned in a fire24. What is the source of the Havisham fortune?(A) Lumberyards (B) A cotton mill(C) A brewery (D) A noble estate25. What code name do Pip and Herbert devise for Magwitch?(A) Provis (B) Clovis(C) Quo Vadis (D) Uncle Caveat二1. The action of the novel takes place in what area of England?(A) Essex (B) Sussex (C) Wessex (D) London2. Which of the following does John Durbeyfield learn at the beginning of the novel?(A) That he has lost his job(B) That he comes from an aristocratic family(C) That he won the lottery(D) That he is a prince3. Angel and Tess first see each other at:(A) The market(B) The May Day dance(C) Trantridge (D) Talbothays Dairy4. Who tells Angel that Tess has gone to Sandbourne?(A) Mrs. Brooks (B) Reverend Clare(C) Alec (D) Mrs. Durbeyfield5. After Angel picks up Tess while sleepwalking, where does he place her?(A) In a coffin (B) In their bed(C) On a rock (D) On a bridge6. Which of these women is not a milkmaid?(A) Marian (B) Izz(C) Mercy (D) Retty7. Angel plays which musical instrument?(A) The harpsichord (B) The accordion(C) The harp (D) The guitar8. In what town did Tess grow up?(A) Kingsbere (B) Trantridge(C) Sandbourne (D) Marlott9. Why can’t Mr. Durbeyfield make the trip to the market?(A) He is too sick (B) He is tootired(C) He is too old (D) He is too drunk10. What advice does Mrs. Durbeyfield give Tess?(A) Not to tell Angel her secret(B) Not to tell Alec her secret(C) To leave Alec (D) To marry Alec11. How much money does Angel give to Tess?(A) 100 shillin (B) gs100 poun(C) ds50 poun (D) ds50 shillings12. How much of the money does Tess initially give to her family?(A) 25 shillin (B) gs25 poun(C) ds50 poun (D) ds50 shillings13. What part of the house do the Durbeyfields need to repair?(A) The floor (B) The wall(C) The roof (D) The door14. Where is the Talbothays Dairy located?(A) The Valley of the Herons(B) The Valley of Marlott(C) The Valley of the Great Dairies(D) The Valley of the Small Dairies15. Who does Cuthbert Clare marry?(A) Izz (B) Mercy Chant(C) Liza-Lu (D) Marian16. Midway through the novel, Alec becomes a:(A) Farmer(B) Preacher(C) Traveling salesman (D) Nice guy17. Who is primarily responsible for Prince’s death?(A) Mr. Durbeyfield(B) Parson Tringham(C) Abraham (D) Tess18. Angel leaves England to farm where?(A) America (B) Italy(C) Brazil (D) Argentina19. What is the stone monument called on which Alec makes Tess swear?(A) Stonehenge (B) Poor Man’s Pass(C) Cross-in-Hand (D) The Rosetta Stone20. Which of these people or animals does Tess not kill?(A) The pheasants (B) Alec(C) Sorrow, her baby (D) Prince, the horse21. What is the name of the bar to which the Durbeyfield’s go?(A) McSorely’s (B) Rolliver’s(C) Heffernan’s (D) Ye Olde Pubbe22. What does Tess confess to Angel on their wedding night?(A) That she lied about her age(B) That she does not love him(C) That she is not a virgin(D) That she ran away from home23. Liza-Lu is Tess’s:(A) Daughter (B) Sister(C) Mother (D) Friend24. How does Alec die?(A) He commits suicide(B) Angel kills him(C) Tess kills him(D) He does not die25. How does Tess die?(A) Pneumonia (B) She ishanged(C) Angel kills her (D) Heartache三.1. Complete the quotation: “it isa truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a ___”(A) house (B) title (C) wife(D) dog2. The Bennet family lives in the village of(A) Pemberley (B) Longbourn(C) Rosings (D) London3. Mr. Bingley, when he attends the ball in Meryton, seems to be quite taken with(A) Elizabeth (B) Jane(C) Lydia (D) Charlotte Lucas4. How does Mr. Darcy offend Elizabeth at the first ball?(A) He insults her father(B) He dances with Jane too often(C) He slaps her(D) He refuses to dance with her5. Elizabeth’s best friend is named(A) Mrs. Phillips (B) Charlotte Lucas(C) Miss Bingley (D) Mrs. Gardiner6. Why does Jane’s visit to the Bingleys end up lasting for days?(A) She gets soaked in a rainstorm and becomes ill(B) Mr. Bingley proposes to her(C) Mrs. Bennet forgets to send a carriage to bring her home(D) Jane is hoping to make Mr. Darcy fall in love with her7. What does it mean that Mr. Bennet’s property is “entailed”? (A) Lady Catherine de Bourgh gave it to him(B) It can only be inherited by a male(C) It comes from his wife’s family(D) He rents from Sir William Lucas8. What reason does Wickham give Elizabeth for his dislike of Darcy?(A) Darcy killed his cousin in a duel(B) Darcy wouldn’t let Wickham marry his sister(C) Darcy betrayed his country(D) Darcy cheated him out of an inheritance9. To which Bennet daughter does Mr. Collins propose marriage?(A) Elizabeth(B) Jane(C) Mary(D) Lydia10. Whom does Mr. Collins marry?(A) Jane (B) Lydia(C) Miss Bingley (D) Charlotte Lucas11. Why does Miss Bingley dislike Elizabeth?(A) She is jealous of Darcy’s growing attraction to Elizabeth(B) Elizabeth insulted Miss Bingley at the ball(C) Wickham has told Miss Bingley lies about Elizabeth’s character (D) Darcy is constantly speaking ill of Elizabeth12. Where do the Bingleys and Darcy go for the winter?(A) Pemberley (B) London(C) They remain at Netherfield(D) France13. In March, Elizabeth goes to visit(A) Miss Darcy(B) Charlotte Lucas(C) Wickham and Lydia(D) Miss Bingley14. Lady Catherine de Bourgh is Darcy’s(A) Aunt (B) Sister(C) Mother (D) First wife15. When Darcy first proposes to Elizabeth, he spends most of the proposal dwelling on(A) Her beauty(B) How socially unsuitable a match she is for him(C) How much he adores her family(D) How much money he will lavish on her16. When Darcy proposes for the first time, Elizabeth(A) Tells him that she is engaged to Wickham(B) Asks him for more time(C) Turns him down (D) Faints17. Elizabeth’s feelings toward Darcy begin to change when he(A) Sends her a letter explaining his actions(B) Fights a duel with Wickham(C) Sends money to Jane(D) Marries Miss Bingley18. Darcy’s estate is called(A) Rosings (B) London(C) Pemberley (D) Brighton19. Where does Lydia spend the summer, and why?(A) Netherfield, to be near Darcy(B) London, because she enjoys the opera(C) Brighton, to be near the militia regiment(D) Barbados, for her health20. What socially disastrous romantic decision does Lydia make?(A) She elopes with Wickham (B) She marries Bingley(C) She rejects Mr. Collins’s proposal(D) She runs away to France witha lover21. Who spearheads the search for Lydia after Mr. Bennet returns home in defeat?(A) Mr. Gardiner(B) Sir William Lucas(C) Charlotte Lucas(D) Mrs. Phillips22. Who pays off Wickham, convincing him to marry Lydia?(A) Bingley (B) Darcy(C) Mr. Gardiner (D) Mr. Collins23. When he returns to Netherfield, Mr. Bingley(A) Has just married Miss Darcy(B) Pursues the priesthood(C) Begins courting Elizabeth(D) Resumes courting Jane24. What does Lady Catherine forbid Elizabeth to do?(A) Marry Bingley (B) Visit Rosings(C) Marry Darcy (D) See Wickham25. The novel ends with(A) Darcy marrying Elizabeth, and Bingley marrying Miss Darcy(B) Darcy marrying Elizabeth, and Wickham marrying Jane(C) Bingley marrying Jane, and Elizabeth marrying Wickham(D) Bingley marrying Jane, and Darcy marrying Elizabeth。

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