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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How long does the New Year’s Eve dance last?
2. What does Silas Marner decide to do with the child he has found?
3. What does Godfrey Cass see by the doors that astonishes him?
4. What holiday came shortly after Dolly Winthrop’s visit?
5. What is the name of the Cass estate?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Godfrey meet his father after breakfast?
2. Why is the New Year’s Eve dance more important than the Christmas Day party at the Red House?
3. What was Silas Marner doing when Eppie entered his cottage?
4. Why is the connection between Eppie’s hair and Marner’s lost gold significant?
5. What does Eppie express a desire for as they leave the church? How does this reflect Eppie’s life with Silas Marner?
6. Who helps Silas Marner navigate parenthood? How was this helpful?
7. Dolly Winthrop seems to be the only visitor who comes with genuine care. Does her visit succeed in convincing Silas Marner to attend church on Christmas? Why or why not?
8. Is the religious life of Raveloe the same as that of Lantern Yard?
9. How does Silas Marner’s trial of using the coal-hole work?
10. What happens to Molly Farren and her child on the way to the dance at the Red House?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A steady, reoccurring theme in the novel centers on how Silas Marner processes the various positive and negative events that occur throughout his life. An example of this can be seen in his hoarded gold. How does Eliot use Silas Marner’s gold and the loss of it to communicate his true brokenness not just from the theft but from his unhealed past?
Essay Topic 2
Explain how Silas Marner and Eppie’s trip back to his old home of Lantern Yard failed to bring closure to the injustices of his past. Then explain how that lack of justice fails to ruin Silas Marner’s true happiness as the story ends.
Essay Topic 3
The nineteenth century was a time of deep religious beliefs clashing with modern enlightened views. Silas Marner is devoutly religious before being betrayed by his friend and then cast out of his church. How does this betrayal from those he trusted set the tone for the entire novel?
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