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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is appointed deputy-constable in the investigation of Silas' stolen gold?
(a) Silas Marner.
(b) Mr. Dowlas.
(c) Mr. Snell, the landlord.
(d) Godfrey Cass.

2. Who does Eppie want to marry?
(a) Nancy Lammeter’s son, Sebastian.
(b) Nancy Lammeter’s son, Charles.
(c) Dolly Winthrop’s son, Aaron.
(d) Dolly Winthrop’s son, Joseph.

3. How does Dunsey initially want to get Silas Marner’s money?
(a) By stealing it.
(b) By killing Silas Marner.
(c) By making friends with the weaver.
(d) By scaring the weaver into lending it to him.

4. During the holidays Godfrey is anxious about money needed to pay his wife to keep his wife silent. How can he get this money?
(a) By selling his father’s horse, Snow Mane.
(b) By selling his mother’s diamond pin.
(c) By earning it through trade and merchant enterprises.
(d) By stealing it from Silas Marner.

5. How does the matter of Silas’ gold being stolen affect the townspeople?
(a) They did not talk about it.
(b) They were afraid to talk, as it might upset the spirits that stole the gold.
(c) It gave them something to talk about.
(d) They were sorrowful for the weaver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Silas appear to look like when he arrives at the Rainbow after his gold is stolen?

2. Why do Godfrey and Nancy step out during the dance?

3. Does anyone connect that the disappearance of both Dunsey and Silas Marner’s gold occurred on the same day?

4. When Dunsey finds Silas Marner absent from his cottage, what does he decide to do?

5. How does Eppie begin to reform Silas Marner’s attitude towards life?

(see the answer key)

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