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Literary passages · Question 212 of 305

Where does Pip first understand that his parents are dead and buried?

Question 212

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My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip.

Ours was the marsh country, down by the river, within, as the river wound, twenty miles of the sea. My first most and broad impression of the identity of things seems to me to have been gained on a memorable afternoon towards evening. At such a time I found out for certain that this place overgrown with was the churchyard; and that Philip Pirrip, late of this parish, and also Georgiana wife of the above, were dead and buried; and that Alexander, Bartholomew, Abraham, Tobias, and Roger, infant children of the aforesaid, were also dead and buried; and that the dark flat wilderness beyond the churchyard, with dikes and mounds and gates, with scattered cattle feeding on it, was the marshes; and that the low line beyond was the river; and that the distant savage from which the wind was rushing was the sea; and that the small bundle of shivers growing afraid of it all and beginning to cry, was Pip.

Where does Pip first understand that his parents are dead and buried?

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer B

Correct answer: B

Explanation

  1. He says that on "a memorable raw afternoon" he "found out for certain that this bleak place overgrown with nettles was the churchyard", and that his parents were "dead and buried".

Worth noting

The river and the sea are what he sees beyond the churchyard, not where he is.

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