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Silas Marner

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Part I, Chapters 9–10

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Silas Marner

George Eliot

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1. Why are weavers typically objects of suspicion in Silas's day?

(A) They are seen as doing womanly work

(B) They are rootless and have specialized knowledge

(D) They have bad eyesight

2. How does Silas know about herbal medicine?

(A) His mother taught him

(B) It was part of the training from his religious sect in Lantern Yard

(D) He doesn't, he only pretends to

3. What is dropsy?

(A) A part of a loom

(B) A traditional British breakfast drink

(D) A disease that causes abnormal swelling in the body

4. Why doesn't Silas protest his innocence when he is framed for theft?

(A) He is not allowed to speak

(B) He is having a cataleptic fit at the time

(D) He believes he actually did steal the money while having a cataleptic fit

5. During the period in his life when all he does is work and hoard money, Silas is likened to:

(A) A spider

(B) A narrow, nearly dried-up rivulet

(D) All of the above

6. From where does Godfrey obtain the one hundred pounds that he lends Dunsey?

(A) The sale of Godfrey's horse, Wildfire

(B) The rent paid by one of the Squire's tenants

(D) Godfrey's winnings at cards

7. Why does Godfrey put up with Dunsey's bullying?

(A) Dunsey can beat him up

(B) Dunsey has threatened to expose Godfrey's secret marriage

(D) Godfrey is a masochist and enjoys abuse

8. Why does Dunsey almost turn around and return home before he gets to the hunt?

(A) He thinks of the idea of bullying Silas into lending money to Godfrey

(B) He wants Godfrey to have to admit to the Squire where the missing money went

(D) He gets cold feet

9. Where does Silas go when he finds his gold missing?

(A) The church

(B) Dolly Winthrop's house

(D) The Red House

10. What is a farrier?

(A) A species of large fox

(B) A rank of cavalry officer

(D) A knot used to tie off a piece of linen

11. To whom does everyone in town suspect the mysterious tinder-box belongs?

(A) Silas

(B) Jem Rodney

(D) Mr. Lammeter

12. What do Mr. Crackenthorp, Mr. Macey, and Dolly Winthrop all suggest when they come to visit Silas after he loses his money?

(A) That he take up a collection

(B) That he lock his door

(D) That he adopt a child

13. Why does Nancy arrive at the New Year's dance resolved to reject Godfrey?

(A) Her father does not approve of him

(B) She finds him lacking in character

(D) He has been too forward with her

14. Why is Molly Farren coming to the New Year's dance?

(A) She wants to announce her and Godfrey's marriage to everyone there

(B) She thinks she can win Godfrey's love by dancing with him

(D) She wants her daughter to be adopted by Godfrey and Nancy

15. Why do Nancy and Priscilla wear the same dress to the New Year's dance?

(A) Because Priscilla wants to look like Nancy

(B) Because they are going to perform a duet

(D) Because Nancy insists that sisters should dress identically

16. How is Eppie able to enter Silas's cottage so easily?

(A) Silas is out on an errand and has left the door open

(B) The door is locked, but she climbs through the window

(D) She comes in the back door, which has no lock

17. What is Silas's first thought when he notices that the mass of gold on his hearth is in fact a baby girl?

(A) That he should lock his door

(B) That he will adopt the little girl

(D) That the little girl is his dead sister, coming back to him in a dream

18. What does Silas attempt to do to discipline Eppie?

(A) Read her long passages from the Bible

(B) Spank her

(D) Put her in the coal-hole

19. Why doesn't Godfrey go by the title of Squire?

(A) His father's property was divided up at his death and therefore Godfrey did not inherit the title

(B) He finds it pretentious

(D) Nancy cannot pronounce it

20. What is Godfrey's role in Eppie's life?

(A) He takes her on walks

(B) He helps pay for things and donates furniture

(D) He tells her about her mother

21. Why does Nancy refuse for so long to adopt Eppie?

(A) She dislikes children

(B) She thinks Godfrey will love Eppie more than he loves her

(D) She suspects that Eppie is Godfrey's child and wants him to be punished

22. What prompts Godfrey to confess his secret?

(A) He finds out that he is terminally ill

(B) Dunsey's remains are discovered in the drained stone-pit

(D) All of the above

23. When Godfrey confesses to Eppie that he is her father, what is her reaction?

(A) She is repulsed by him and has no desire to leave Silas for him

(B) She is tempted by the life he offers but decides to stay with Silas nonetheless

(D) She sympathizes with Nancy for having married such a coward

24. Why does Silas decide to return to Lantern Yard for a visit?

(A) He is looking for work

(B) He wants to find out if he was ever cleared of theft, and to ask his old minister about the drawing of the lots

(D) He wants to show his former sect that he has succeeded in spite of his excommunication

25. What is Nancy's reaction to Godfrey's confession that he had a previous marriage and child?

(A) She leaves him for Dunsey

(B) She pretends not to hear him

(D) She says that she would never have married him if she had known

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