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1.      Whom does Pip accompany back to Satis House?

2.      When Pip cannot sleep, who does he see carrying a candle, like a ghost?

3.      Who is courting Estella and why does Pip not approve?

4.      Who does Pip claim she has not tried to trap?

5.      What is the weather like during the visit?

6.      Where has the convict been working all this time, and what has he been doing?

7.      Who is really Pip’s benefactor?

8.      Where does the convict stay for the night?

9.      How does Pip feel about the convict staying with him?

10.  What will happen if the convict is found in London?

11.  Trace the references to convicts in Pip’s life.  What influence have they had?

12.  Discuss the second stage in Pip’s life as being on of adolescence and sin.

13.  How does the discovery of the identity of his benefactor affect Pip and his expectations?

14.  Describe the impact of Estella upon the novel.

15.  Discuss the character of the first convict.  What are his motives for helping Pip, and what has he experienced since chapter one?

1.      Why does Mr. Jaggers send for Pip?

2.      What new financial arrangements are initiated when Pip comes of age?

3.      What information does Pip want from Jaggers?

4.      What does Pip want Mr. Wemmick to help him do?

5.      Who is going to help with the arrangements for Herbert’s future?

6.      What does Mr. Wemmick’s father like to read each night?

7.      Who is the shipping merchant who agrees to help with Pip’s plan?

8.      What device separates Mr. Wemmick from the rest of the world?

9.      Who is Mr. Wemmick’s lady friend?

10.  How much money does Pip receive on his birthday?

11.  Compare and contrast Mr. Wemmick’s life in London with his life at Walworth.

12.  Explain the state of Pip’s financial situation.

13.  Discuss ’Does money bring happiness’.

1.      Does Pip’s fortune bring him happiness?

2.      Who gets into debt because of Pip?

3.      Why doesn’t Pip pay his debts?

4.      What is accomplished when Pip and Herbert try to sort out their affairs?

5.      What does the letter from Trabb and Co. say?

6.      Why is Biddy going to leave?

7.      What will she do to earn a living?

8.      Who is lurking around the forge spying on Biddy?

9.      What does Pip promise Biddy?

10.  What is Biddy’s response to Pip’s promises?

11.  How has Pip’s fortune affected those around him?

12.  Describe the funeral.

13.  Discuss Pip’s and Biddy’s relationship at this time. 

1.      Who is Pip’s note from?

2.      Who is coming to London?

3.      Where does Mr. Wemmick take Pip?

4.      What is his impression of the place?

5.      What is Mr. Wemmick’s relationship with the inmates?

6.      What simile does Dickens use to compare Mr. Wemmick to the prison?

7.      Where is Estella to live?

8.      Why?

9.      How do Miss Havisham’s relatives feel about Pip?

10.  Mr. Pocket gives a lecture on domestic economy. Why is this ironic?

11.  Discuss the influence of the penal system on Pip’s life.

12.  Why is Mr. Wemmick compared to a gardener?

13.  Does wealth bring happiness to Pip?  Explain in terms of his relationship with Estella.

14.  How have Miss Havisham’s relatives played a part in Estella’s and Pip’s lives?

15.  Identify and discuss the author’s use of similes in these chapters.

1.      How does Orlick lose his job at Miss Havisham’s house?

2.      How is Pip treated by the townspeople?

3.      How is Pip treated by Trabb’s boy?

4.      Why does Pip send Joe a gift?

5.      What does Pip send Joe?

6.      Who does Pip confide in?

7.      What does Herbert confide to Pip?

8.      What is the name of Herbert’s fiancée?

9.      When does he plan to marry?

10.  What play is being performed by Mr. Wopsle?

11.  Discuss the romantic involvements of Herbert and Pip.  Which relationship is more realistic?

12.  What is a farce, and how is Mr. Wopsle performance an example of one?

13.  Explain how Pip’s love for Joe has changed.

1. Where does Pip stay when he reaches his village?
2. Does Pip visit his family while he is there?
3. Who rides on the coach with Pip?
4. What does Pip overhear the convict discussing?
5. When Pip arrives in the village, who does he find has taken credit for his success?
6. Who is now working for Miss Havisham?
7. How has Estella changed since the last time Pip saw her?
8. What does Miss Havisham tell Pip to do to Estella?
9. How does Pip recognize Estella when he first arrives?
10. How does Pip envisage restoring Satis House to its former glory?
11. Discuss the different kinds of love presented in the novel thus far, with quotes.
12. Describe how Dickens uses coincidence to help piece together the novel. How do these coincidences affect Pip?
13. How has the relationship between Joe and Pip changed since the beginning of the novel, and how can you account for these changes?

1.      What name does Mr. Jaggers give to Bentley Drummle?

2.      Who is Molly?

3.      What is unusual about Molly?

4.      Who writes Pip a letter?

5.      Who is coming to see Pip in London?

6.      What keeps falling off the mantelpiece during the visit?

7.      What news does Joe give Pip?

8.      Who does Mr. Jaggers warn Pip against?

9.      Is Pip glad to see Joe in London?

10.  Who travels with Joe to London?

11.  Compare and contrast dinner at Jaggers’ and Wemmick’s homes.

12.  Discuss Joe’s visit with Pip.  How has Pip changed?

13.  What characteristics do you believe make a gentleman?

1.      When Pip is invited to Mr. Jaggers’ house, who does Wemmick want Pip to notice?

2.      Where does Mr. Wemmick live?

3.      What does Mr. Wemmick call his home?

4.      What does Mr. Wemmick call his father?

5.      What does Mr. Wemmick do every night at nine?

6.      What is wrong with Mr. Wemmick’s father?

7.      What does Mr. Wemmick call his cannon?

8.      How is Pip instructed to acknowledge Mr. Wemmick’s father?

9.      Who is the delicate young man being tutored by Mr. Pocket?

10.  Who is the sulky young man being tutored by Mr. Pocket?

11.  Discuss the dual personalities of Wemmick.

12.  Describe Mr. Wemmick’s life at Walworth.

13.  Discuss Mr. Wemmick’s behavior as an acceptable source of pride compared to Pip’s.

1.      How does Herbert feel about Estella?

2.      What name does Herbert give to Pip?

3.      Why is Pip named this?

4.      What is one of the first lessons Herbert teaches Pip?

5.      What relation is Estella to Miss Havisham?

6.      Does Miss Havisham have any brothers or sisters?

7.      Who did Mr. Havisham leave his vast fortune to after his death?

8.      What two men conspired to swindle Miss Havisham out of her fortune?

9.      Which character is obsessed with titles, peerages, and nobility?

10.  Who are the other two students living at Matthew Pocket’s home?

11.  What does Pip find out about Miss Havisham’s past?  Summarize the story and its effects upon her life.

12.  How is Herbert’s name for Pip appropriate?

13.  What is Pip’s impression of the pocket s home life?

14.  Compare Belinda’s obsessions with Pip’s own.

1.      What is the name of Mr. Jaggers’ clerk?

2.      What is the name of the pale young gentleman?

3.      What is Pip’s impression of London?

4.      What is the name of the inn where Pip is to live?

5.      What does Mr. Jaggers give Pip?

6.      Who walks Pip to Barnard’s Inn?

7.      What kind of lawyer is Mr. Jaggers?

8.      Where have Pip and Herbert met before now?

9.      What is Pip’s impression of Mr. Jaggers?

10.  What is the name of the prison located near Mr. Jaggers’ office?

11.  Discuss Pip’s impressions of London, with quotes.

12.  Describe Mr. Jaggers’ office and show how it reveals his character, with quotes.