Why did Miss Havisham remain a spinster throughout her life in “Great Expectations” ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Who is commonly known as ‘Pip’ in Great Expectations ?

   A. Philip Pirrip
   B. Filip Pirip
   C. Philip Pip
   D. Philips Pirip

2. Mr. Jaggers, in Great Expectations, is a_______________?

   A. lawyer
   B. postman
   C. Judge
   D. School teacher

3. Which method of narration has been employed by Dickens in his novel “Great Expectations” ?

   A. Direct or epic method
   B. Documentary method
   C. Stream of Consciousness technique
   D. Autobiographical method

4. I know that many say that they are willing, perhaps the majority of the people, that we should enjoy our rights and privileges as they do. If so, I would ask why are not we protected in our persons and property throughout the Union? Is it not because there reigns in the breast of many who are leaders, a most unrighteous, unbecoming and impure black principle, and as corrupt and unholy as it can be–while these very same unfeeling, self-esteemed characters pretend to take the skin as a pretext to keep us from our unalienable and lawful rights? I would ask you if you would like to be disfranchised from all your rights, merely because your skin is white, and for no other crime? I’ll venture to say, these very characters who hold the skin to be such a barrier in the way, would be the first to cry out, injustice! Awful injustice! ?

   A. Fredrick Douglass
   B. John Winthrop
   C. Benjamin Franklin
   D. William Apess

5. Who was the Queen of England throughout much of Shakespeare’s early life?

   A. Queen Elizabeth
   B. Queen Victoria
   C. Queen Anne
   D. Queen Gertrude

6. Which of the following social issues does Dickens confront in Great Expectations ?

   A. Penal reform
   B. Educational reform
   C. The role of the monarchy
   D. Both A and B

7. In Amy Lowell’s imagist poem, “This Green Bowl,” a handmade bowl is compared to a pond in the woods. Can one say that, as in Pound’s “Cantos,” this poem’s dominant tone is impersonal? Why, or why not ?

   A. Yes, Lowell’s detailed description of nature draws attention away from human realities.
   B. Yes, the lyrical voice in Lowell’s poem seeks to express universal rather than individual experience.
   C. No, Lowell’s poem is not impersonal; it addresses the maker of the bowl directly and speculates about his state of mind.
   D. No, even though Lowell strives for impersonal expression by borrowing poetic devices from Pound, she fails to accomplish this

8. Of the two, reverend Sir,” said the voice like the deacon’s, “I had rather miss an ordination-dinner than to-night’s meeting. They tell me that some of our community are to be here from Falmouth and beyond, and others from Connecticut and Rhode-Island; besides several of the Indian powows, who, after their fashion, know almost as much deviltry as the best of us. A “powow” in this context is___________?

   A. A devil-worshipper
   B. A boxer
   C. An apples-salesman
   D. A medicine man

9. Of which poet was it said ’Even if he’s not a great poet, he’s certainly a great something’ ?

   A. Elliot
   B. Kipling
   C. Cummings
   D. Brooke

10. In “Samson Agonistes,” Samson predicts “This day will be remarkable in my life / By some great act, or of my days the last”. This is interesting because___________?

    A. both statements end up happening that day.
    B. both statements end up not happening that day.
    C. Samson is echoing the older prediction of the prophet Enoch.
    D. both statements will later be fulfilled by Christ.