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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other option does Godfrey see besides confessing to his father?
(a) Moving away.
(b) Bankruptcy.
(c) Enlisting as a soldier.
(d) A life spent in fear.

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

3. Does Silas Marner want to punish the thief who stole his gold?
(a) No, he just wants his money back.
(b) Yes, but getting his gold back is his main priority.
(c) No, he wants to find them and forgive them.
(d) Yes, he wants to see justice served.

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

5. What two people are draining Godfrey of his money through bribes and hush money?
(a) Dunsey and Sarah of Lantern Yard.
(b) Molly Farren and Squire Cass.
(c) Squire Cass and Dunsey.
(d) Dunsey and Molly Farren.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it like outside when Dunsey left the weaver’s cottage?

2. How is Dunsey Cass described?

3. What physical malady afflicted Silas Marner from time to time?

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

5. What does Dunsey do after selling Wildfire?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dunsey get out of having to pay back Godfrey?

2. In what ways does Godfrey overthink his guilt and planned confessions throughout the story?

3. Why was Dunsey able to get away without immediate consequences after “staking” Wildfire during the hunt?

4. The absence of Dunsey and the news of the death of Wildfire drives Godfrey to what decision?

5. What is the narrative point of view of Silas Marner?

6. What does Eliot accomplish by taking an entire chapter to set the scene at the Rainbow before Silas Marner’s arrival?

7. Why is Godfrey Cass waiting to see his brother, Dunsey in the first scene where we meet them in Chapter 3?

8. In what way is Silas Marner deemed guilty of theft by his fellows of Lantern Yard?

9. What happens when Silas heals his neighbor, the cobbler’s wife, from sickness?

10. Describe Dunsey’s thoughts about Silas Marner’s gold in relation to his need for money and his plans to already sell his brother’s horse.

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