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

2. The loss of Wildfire causes Dunsey to turn to what source to get his brother’s money?
(a) Selling his own horse.
(b) Borrowing money from Keating.
(c) Borrowing money from Bryce.
(d) Silas Marner’s gold.

3. Which two people go with Silas Marner to the constable’s after his gold is stolen?
(a) Mr. Dowlas and Jem Rodney.
(b) Mr. Snell, the landlord, and Mr. Dowlas.
(c) Mr. Snell, the landlord, and Godfrey.
(d) Godfrey and Mr. Dowlas.

4. What does Silas Marner decide to do after returning from the village and while waiting for his supper to cook?
(a) Lay down to rest.
(b) Change his wet clothes.
(c) Set up his loom for the next day.
(d) Look at his gold.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Silas Marner hide his gold?

2. Who was William Dane?

3. What does Dunsey do after selling Wildfire?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the overall feel of the conversation at the Rainbow before Silas Marner’s arrival?

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

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

5. 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.

6. How does the sale of Wildfire take place?

7. How does the conversation of the townsfolk differ from the feelings of Silas Marner regarding his stolen treasure?

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

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

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

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