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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are Bryce and Keating?
(a) A pair of actors.
(b) Two merchants.
(c) Dunsey’s two best friends.
(d) Two men attending the hunt with Dunsey.

2. What form of judgment declared Silas Marner guilty of stealing at Lantern Yard?
(a) The king’s order.
(b) Drawing lots.
(c) Mediation.
(d) A court case.

3. How long is Dunsey in Silas Marner’s cottage looking for the gold?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 2 minutes.
(d) 30 minutes.

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

5. What item did William Dane use to frame Silas Marner?
(a) His coat.
(b) His gun.
(c) His loom.
(d) His knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is appointed deputy-constable in the investigation of Silas' stolen gold?

2. What does it mean when it says "what does he do but go and stake him" (80) regarding Dunsey and Wildfire?

3. Who is Master Kench in Chapter 6?

4. What does Godfrey fear in confessing his marriage to Molly Farren to his father?

5. Who, is it thought, owned the tinder-box found near Silas Marner's cottage?

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