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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is Dunsey Cass described?
(a) A wild young man who had great potential.
(b) An amicable fellow with a kind face.
(c) A spiteful, jeering fellow.
(d) A sober-minded, religious young man.

3. What does Silas Marner do to calm himself after the first shock of losing his money?
(a) Goes to sleep.
(b) Begins planning how to take vengeance on the thief.
(c) Begins working on his loom.
(d) Goes to the authorities.

4. Why did Silas Marner need to go to the town in the rain while roasting his dinner?
(a) He needed a find twine to set up his loom the next morning.
(b) He needed a tool to repair his loom.
(c) He was delivering a finished piece from his loom.
(d) He wanted to go for a stroll.

5. What does Squire Cass decide regarding Dunsey’s position in his household after he staked Wildfire?
(a) That his son should run his estate.
(b) That his son is no longer welcome.
(c) That his son must be confined to his quarters.
(d) That his son should enlist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What issue does Dolly Winthrop confront Silas Marner regarding?

2. Who attempts to mediate the conversation at the Rainbow?

3. Who were the “pallid undersized men” (9) who looked odd next to the “brawny country-folk” (9)?

4. Why is Dunsey Cass’s absence after he kills Wildfire not a matter of concern or discussion?

5. When Silas tells the story of his finding Eppie to his neighbors, what part does he leave out?

(see the answer key)

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