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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. Why does Dunsey knock on Silas Marner’s door loudly?
(a) He is afraid Silas Marner is not home.
(b) He thinks Silas Marner is hard of hearing.
(c) He hears something coming behind him.
(d) He wants to frighten Silas Marner with his sudden arrival.

2. For what reason does Godfrey want to avoid going to the hunt to sell Wildfire himself?
(a) He was not very fond of hunting.
(b) He was bored of hunting.
(c) He was too tired from a long day of work.
(d) It was near the home of Molly Farren.

3. How long has Godfrey wooed Nancy Lammeter?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 10 years.

4. William Dane frames Silas Marner for what crime in Lantern Yard?
(a) Blaspheming God.
(b) Murdering a parishioner.
(c) Stealing the church’s money.
(d) Arson.

5. When Dunsey finds Silas Marner absent from his cottage, what does he decide to do?
(a) Wait until he returns and then ask him to borrow the money he needs.
(b) Steal the gold and then burn down the house.
(c) Come back another day.
(d) Steal the gold before he returns.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Silas Marner suspect Jem Rodney of stealing his gold?

3. What item did William Dane use to frame Silas Marner?

4. Who at the Rainbow does Silas accuse of robbing him?

5. How much gold was stolen from Silas Marner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What seems to be William Dane’s motivation in framing Silas Marner as a thief after nine years of friendship?

2. What does the incident with the brown earthenware pot show about Silas’ condition?

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

4. How does the reaction of the crowd at the Rainbow to the theft differ from our modern handling of a crime?

5. Explain Silas Marner’s reaction to his gold being lost.

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

7. Silas Marner turns to what activities to comfort himself in his bitterness?

8. How does Eliot portray Silas Marner’s sudden arrival at the Rainbow?

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

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

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