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

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

3. Who, is it thought, owned the tinder-box found near Silas Marner's cottage?
(a) A magistrate who recently left on business.
(b) Nancy Lammeter.
(c) A peddler who visited the town recently.
(d) Dunsey Cass.

4. What does Dunsey do after selling Wildfire?
(a) Waits for the hunt to end so he can finish the transaction with Bryce.
(b) Goes home.
(c) Goes on the hunt.
(d) Goes to Bryce’s estate to finish the sale of the horse.

5. What was Silas Marner’s reputation in Lantern Yard before he was betrayed?
(a) An imposter who traded information for money.
(b) A young man of excellent standing and devout faith.
(c) A wild young man who was always getting into trouble.
(d) A quiet and peaceful hermit isolated from the community.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are Bryce and Keating?

3. Who gave Silas Marner the pork he is roasting when his gold is stolen?

4. What does Godfrey fear in confessing his marriage to Molly Farren to his father?

5. How does Godfrey find out that Wildfire is dead?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Silas Marner’s departure from his home and his travels to Raveloe is compared to the divinities of old in what way?

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

5. How does the sale of Wildfire take place?

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

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

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

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

10. How is Raveloe different from Lantern Yard?

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