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

2. What does Godfrey hope to gain by marrying Nancy Lammeter?
(a) A large family.
(b) A large dowry.
(c) A dose of warmth and pleasantness into the cold nature of his life.
(d) A lifelong friendship.

3. Why is Godfrey waiting to speak with Dunsey when they enter the story in Chapter 3?
(a) He wants to ride horses together.
(b) He wants to fight with Dunsey.
(c) They are starting a business venture.
(d) He wants Dunsey to pay him back the money he borrowed.

4. What item is discovered near Silas’ cottage that is seen as a clue to the robbery?
(a) A tinder-box.
(b) Dunsey’s shoe.
(c) A knife.
(d) Godfrey’s riding whip.

5. Who is Godfrey Cass in love with?
(a) Sarah of Lantern Yard.
(b) Molly Farren.
(c) Nancy Lammeter.
(d) Molly Pitcher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dunsey mean by “I’m always lucky in my weather” (39)?

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

3. Who are Bryce and Keating?

4. How long is Dunsey in Silas Marner’s cottage looking for the gold?

5. William Dane frames Silas Marner for what crime in Lantern Yard?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. Why does Godfrey have such a hard time with the idea of confessing his situation to his father?

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

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

7. What was Silas Marner’s life in Raveloe like in the years following his arrival from Lantern Yard?

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

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

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

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