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 Answer the following questions :
1-Who wrote Great Expectations?
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  This
Dicknes.
novel was written by the second greatest novlist ‫ روائى‬, called Charles 
 2-What is the setting ( place and time ) of Great Expectations?
 It took place ‫ حتدث‬in Kent and London in the early to mid 19 century.
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 3-What is the moral ‫ املغزى‬of Great Expectations ?
 Money can’t bring you happiness. The only thing that can truly bring you
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 4-Howhappiness is loving relationships with your family and friends.
did Pip get his name?
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 His name, Philip Pirrip, was difficult to say when he was small.
5- How badly did Mrs Joe Gargery treat ‫ تعامل‬Pip? 
 She said that he should have been put in the graveyard ‫ املقربة‬. She didn’t want
to look after ‫ تعتنى بــ‬him. 
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Because she never liked to look after her brother as well as ‫ باإلضافة اىل‬she didn’t
Joe wasn’t satisfied with ‫ مرضية بــ‬her life, Do you think so? Why|orWhy not?

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like being a blacksmith’s ‫ حداد‬wife.
Joe was injustice ‫ غري عادلة‬, oppressive ‫ ظامل‬and unfair ‫ غري عادل‬person, 
 Do I think so because she was unkind ‫ غري حنون‬sister. She didn’t like taking care of
you think so? Why?

8-Pipherreceived contradictory treatment ‫ معاملة متناقضة‬from his sister and her husband. 
brother and made him work in the kitchen preparing the food.

 (OR) Joe and How?

his wife treated Pip differently . How? 
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 His sister treated ‫ تعامل‬him badly, but her husband treated him kindly/ friendly
What did Pip say about his sister and her husband?
‫ بطريقة ودودة‬.She always complained ‫ يشتكى‬about Pip and was aften angry.
 However ‫ بالرغم من‬, her husband was Pip’s friend. 
9-Why do you think Pip’s childhood ‫ طفولة‬was terribly ‫ بشكل رهيب‬miserable ‫? بائس‬
  Because he lost his parents when he was still very young, he often felt lonely 
‫ يشعر بالوحدة‬. This made ‫ جيرب‬him live with his sister, who never liked taking care
 ofhusband.
him and made him serve ‫ خيدم‬in the kitchen and prepare the food, and her 

 10-How do you think that Pip was feeling lonely most of the time?
 He usually went to the march and sit behind the graveyard.
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-Why was Pip crying and sad on Christmas Eve?
he was orphan ‫ يتيم‬and he was sitting alone near the marshes beside ‫جبانب‬
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 12his parents’ grave. Meanwhile ‫ فى نفس الوقت‬, Mrs. Joe’s house was full of guests ‫ ضيوف‬. 
-What difficult situation did Pip encounter ‫ يواجه‬in the graveyard? How did he
  Inovercome ‫ يتغلب على‬it?
the graveyard, he came across ‫ يقابل بالصدفة‬an esaped covict ‫ حمكوم عليه‬with
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 leg irons ‫ أصداف االقدام‬. The convict asked Pip to bring him some food and a file 
‫ مربد احلداد‬to let him live.
 a grave?
13-How did Pip react when an escaped convict appeared to him from behind 
  He nearly jumped out of his skin ‫ اتفزع‬. He was scared to death ‫ خائف جدا‬. 
 Mr Hassan El naggar
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‫شاهد باهتمام علي قناة المستر علي‬
Great Expectations
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14-Why do you think the convict needed a blacksmith’s file?
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  To break / take off his leg-iron and get away ‫ يهرب‬. 
 15-What are prisonships?
 They are ships where they put people who have committed a crime ‫ يرتكب جرمية‬.
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 16-Why did the soldiers ‫ اجلنود‬give a warning ‫ انذار‬to people in the village ‫ ? القرية‬
 To warn everyone that convicts have got away from the prisonship.
17-What did Pip steal to give to the convict?
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  He stole some delicious ‫ لذيذ‬cheese, nuts ‫ بندق‬, apples or oranges; cold meat 
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pie ‫ فطرية‬and a blacksmith’s file.
meeting with the convict was just a chance, Do you think it was a good
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 or a bad chance? Why? 
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was both good and bad as it was good for the convict that he made Pip give 
a file and some food. However, it was bad for Pip as he was made to
 steal a file and some food to help the convict. 
 19-Describe Pip’s contradictory feeling ‫ شعور متناقض‬towards the convict. 
 Though Pip felt frightened of the convict, he felt sorry for him.
 20-In what way were Pip and the convict Similar? 
  Both Pip and the convict were terrified. Pip was frightened of the convict, but
the convict was scared of the police.
 21-Though Joe was Pip’s friend, the latter ‫ االخري‬didn’t tell him about his stealing 
 the file and the food. Give reason. 
 Pip feared that Joe mightn’t want to be his friend again.
 22-Why was Pip unable to stay at the table with the guests? 
  Because his sister and Joe were about to ‫ كانوا على وشك ان‬discover that the pie had
 23-Pip felt horror in the graveyard and in his sister’s house. Illustrate ‫ فسر‬.
disappeared.
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  He felt horror ‫ مفزوع‬when he encountered ‫ يقابل‬two convicts in the 
 graveyard. Meanwhile, he felt horror when his sister invited her guests to try
the delicious meat pie which he had stolen and gave it to the convict. 
 24- The policeman who made Pip upset ‫ منزعج‬and anxious ‫ قلقان‬were also his 
 Yes,
rescuers ‫ منقذين‬, Do you agree? Why? Why not
I agree because they made the guests forget about the pie that Pip had
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 stolen to give it to the escaped convicts. 
 25- What did Pip hope while following the soldier ? Why?
He hoped they wouldn’t find the convicts because they would think that Pip
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 was responsible for ‫ مسئول عن‬turning them in ‫ تسلمهم‬. 
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Great Expectations
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 Golden Guide For Toppers
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 Answer the following questions : 
 1-What did the convict that Pip helped told Joe?
 He told him that he stole the meat pie. However, in reality, Pip was the person who
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 2-How
stole the pie and gave it to the convict.
kind was Joe to the convict?
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3-The
The convict said he had eaten the meat pie, but Joe said they didn’t want him hungry.
convict proved ‫ يثبت‬that he didn’t misunderstand Pip although he was
 Doarrested ‫ يقبض على‬in a place not known to any other one but for Pip,
you agree with this? Why?
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 (OR) Do you think the convict understood Pip’s signal “ shaking his head” which
indicates ‫ يشري‬that Pip did not inform ‫ خيرب‬the police? Why?
  Yes, he understood that. He acquitted ‫ يربأ‬Pip of the charge ‫ تهمة‬of stealing food 
and accused ‫ يتهم‬himself of it.
 4-The convict showed that he was not a bad person. Explain. 
 He released ‫ يهدأ‬Pip from his worries about finding out ‫ اكتشاف‬that Pip stole the
 food. He told Joe he was sorry. 
5-How grateful was Joe to his father?
  Although Joe’s father did not let him to go to school, he said his father was a good 
person, and Joe was grateful to ‫ ممنت لـ‬his father for teaching him to be a blacksmith.
 6-Explain how Joe respected his wife. 
 Although she was cruel ‫ قاسية‬and hated being the blacksmith’s wife, he said that she
 was a fine woman. 
7-Joe’s good natured appeared clearly with Pip and his sister. Explain.
  He said that she was a fine woman. He was proud of ‫ فخور بـ‬Pip as Pip learnt reading
and writing. He also wished that his wife wouldn’t have hit Pip and he would
 rather ‫ يفضل‬she had hit him than Pip. Joe told Pip that they would be best friends. 
8-Pip was clever. Explain
  He worked every day, helping neighbours ‫ جريان‬with small jobs, but in the evening 
he went to the village ‫ قرية‬school. At home, he practised his writing.
 9-Mrs Joe thought that Pip wasn’t grateful to her. Do you think she was right to 
think so? Why? Why not?
  No, she is wrong. Pip tried hard to look grateful as he worked everyday helping 
neighbours with small jobs.
 10-Why did Mrs. Joe think that Pip should be grateful to her? 
Mrs Joe thought that because she was the reason for sending Pip to Miss Havisham’s
 house as Pip will make his fortune by going to Miss Havisham’s house and he might
 11-Why did Pip agree to go to Miss Havisham House?
be given some money.
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 Because his sister threatened ‫ تهدد‬him if he refuses to go there, she would make
 him work hard, and jumped on him like an eagle ‫ صقر‬on a lamb ‫ خروف‬. 
12-Why was Pip taken to Miss Havisham’s house?
  To play with a child who lived there. 
13- What did Pip think of Estella?
  He thought she is very proud, arrogant ‫ مغرور‬, very pretty, very rude ‫ وقح‬and tough. 
14-Why didn’t Estelle want to play with Pip?
  Because she thought he was a poor working boy. 
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‫شاهد باهتمام علي قناة المستر علي‬
Great Expectations
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15-Describe Miss Havisham’s house. (OR) Why were all the rooms in Miss
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 Havisham’s house lit by candles?
 The house looked unused and most of the doors were closed. Everything was
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 dark inside and lit by candles because the curtains ‫ ستائر‬were closed and no day
light could enter.
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16-How did Estelle treat with Pip in their first meeting?
(OR) Estelle was pretty and rude, Do you agree with this description?Why?
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 She treated ‫ تعامل‬Pip rudely. She called him as a common poor working boy. She
made him felt ashamed ‫ خجالن‬. She insulted ‫ يهني‬him and said he had dirty hands
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 and ugly ‫ قيبح‬shoes. She did not hand ‫ تسلم‬him the food, she put it on the ground.
She saw that he was crying and smiled.
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17-On their meeting, Estelle had a strong effect on Pip. Explain.
(OR) According to ‫ طبقا لـ‬Pip, what might change Estelle’s attitude ‫ تصرف‬- ‫سلوك‬
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 towards him?
(OR) To make Estelle love or respect him, Pip thought only about education,
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 Do you think he was right or worng? Why?
 He was right. Pip began to see his clothes and shoes were ugly. He began to
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 question ‫ يسأل‬everything in life. He decided to learn as much as he could at the
village school.He thought if he had a better education, perhaps she would be
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 kinder. He hoped that with hard work, he would leave his simple life behind
and became a fine gentleman.
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18-Tears ‫ دموع‬came to Pip’s eyes when Estelle put the food on the ground,
what does this tell us about the two characters?
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 Estelle was rude and cruel, on the other hand, Pip was ashamed and he was a kind
hearted and sensitive ‫حساس‬.
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19-Why do you think miss Havisham wears a wedding dress?
(OR) Miss Havisham’s heart was broken. Can you tell us why?
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 Miss Havisham has shut ‫ تغلق‬herself away since being jilted ‫ مهجور‬on her wedding
day. She always wears her wedding clothes and has left the prepared wedding feast
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 ‫احتفال الزفاف‬to decay ‫ تعفن‬in one of her rooms because she was never recovered ‫تتعافى‬
from not getting married.
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20-What is the real reason for Miss Havisham’s request ‫ طلب‬to bring a boy into
her house?
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 As a result of her experiences, Miss Havisham hates humanity ‫ إنسانية‬, particularly 
‫خاصة‬, men. She has adopted ‫ تتبنى‬a young girl, Estelle, and is training her to be cold
 and cruel so that she will break men’s hearts. She invites the young Pip to the
house so that Estelle can practice on him.
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21-Why do you think the clock had stopped?
 She never leaves the house and has stopped all the clocks so that she is unaware
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 ‫ غري واعى‬of time passing. Because time stopped for Miss Havisham on the day she
didn’t get married.
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22-Why the man in the inn ‫ فندق صغري‬made Pip feel uncomfortable?
 The man asked Joe if any escaped convicts had been found recently ‫ حديثا‬. The man
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 stirred ‫ يقلب‬his cup of tea, and Pip saw that the man was using a blacksmith’s file.
It was the same file that Pip had taken from Joe’s workshop. Pip learnt that someone
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 knew he had helped the convict on the marshes ‫ مستنقعات‬.
23-Why do you think the man in the inn had Joe’s file?
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 Because I think he wanted to know if it belonged to Joe’s. He must know the convict.
24-What was Joe’s advice to Pip  To be happy with his position in life.
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Great Expectations
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