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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 is the one story genuinely considered by the town to explain the robbery of the gold?
(a) That Dunsey Cass was to blame.
(b) That it must have been magical.
(c) That it was connected to the discovered tinderbox and peddler.
(d) That Silas Marner was lying.

2. Who does Eppie want to marry?
(a) Dolly Winthrop’s son, Joseph.
(b) Dolly Winthrop’s son, Aaron.
(c) Nancy Lammeter’s son, Charles.
(d) Nancy Lammeter’s son, Sebastian.

3. How does Eppie help bring Silas Marner back into the church?
(a) Eppie fancies the large church building.
(b) Dolly Winthrop convinces him to bring her to church for her own good.
(c) Silas Marner decides he must show her the faults of the church.
(d) Eppie asks Silas Marner to bring her to church.

4. Doctor Kimble, Silas Marner, Dolly Winthrop, and who else go back to investigate Molly Farren’s condition?
(a) Godfrey Cass.
(b) Squire Cass.
(c) Mr. Crackenthorp.
(d) Nancy Lammeter.

5. Does Silas Marner attend the Christmas service to which Dolly invited him?
(a) No, but he attended chapel elsewhere.
(b) Yes, he attended the whole service but left right afterwards.
(c) No, he stayed home.
(d) Yes, but he left part way through the service.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Dunsey Cass’s absence after he kills Wildfire not a matter of concern or discussion?

2. What issue does Dolly Winthrop confront Silas Marner regarding?

3. What is Silas’ long-term reaction to the loss of his treasure?

4. What color does Eliot use to describe Squire Cass’s anger at hearing the story of Godfrey’s confession?

5. Why was Squire Cass’s opinion never “disturbed by comparison” (84)?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Silas attempt to keep track of Eppie while he works?

2. Is the religious life of Raveloe the same as that of Lantern Yard?

3. Why is it guessed that Godfrey and Nancy are “sweethearting” when they step out of the dance?

4. Does Nancy actually want to step out of the dance with Godfrey? Why or why not?

5. Why is the New Year’s Eve dance more important than the Christmas Day party at the Red House?

6. What is the scene like as the women prepare themselves before the festivities of the great New Year’s Eve dance at the Red House?

7. Why does Godfrey meet his father after breakfast?

8. What profession is the Kimble family famous for, and why will that end soon?

9. How does Silas Marner’s trial of using the coal-hole work?

10. Why is the connection between Eppie’s hair and Marner’s lost gold significant?

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