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How is Godfrey's home depicted in the first half of the novel?
Silas Marner - Setting
This GCSE English Literature quiz takes a look at setting in Silas Marner by George Eliot. At its most basic level, the setting of a text means the location and the time in which the events take place. In addition to the events with which a text is primarily concerned, there will be events occurring in the background to which characters might allude. This wider fictional world is known as context and is also a key component of its setting (fictional context should not, of course, be confused with the author’s real-life context). Atmosphere is another important element of setting, and can change multiple times in a text, just as a text most probably moves between several different settings.
It is important to consider carefully the setting of any text you study. Characters are affected by the world in which they live, fictional though it is.
1 .
Silas Marner is set in which country?
Germany
The Netherlands
Wales
England
Raveloe is a village which "lay in the rich central plain of what we are pleased to call Merry England". This is a rather otherworldly, almost fairy-tale depiction of a village located in the Midlands
2 .
How many years pass over the course of the novel?
A single year
A decade
Around twenty years
Over thirty years
Silas has lived in Raveloe for fifteen years before Eppie's arrival. The second part of the novel takes place sixteen years after her arrival
3 .
How does the Stone-pit function in the text?
As the place where the village disposes of its rubbish
As an ever-present danger; a hider and revealer of secrets
As a beauty spot where Silas and Eppie enjoy sharing a picnic
All of the above
The Stone-pits are on the site of an old stone quarry, which presumably provided the stones from which the village itself was built
4 .
"He found himself in front of a bright fire which lit up every corner of the cottage — the bed, the loom, the three chairs, and the table — and showed him that Marner was not there." Which elements of this description portray the cottage as welcoming?
The table and the loom
The loom and the bed
The bright light and the three chairs
The cottage is too basic to be welcoming
The bright light entices Dunstan in from the dark night and also provides warmth. The three chairs are interesting because Silas lives alone. Who are the chairs for?
5 .
Raveloe provides a contrast to which of the following?
London, where Lantern Yard is located
The industrial town where Lantern Yard is located
The local woollen mill
All of the above
Silas chooses Raveloe for its difference from the town where he suffers his great betrayal
6 .
Which of the following best describes the novel's setting?
Utopic
Pastoral
Mythic
Industrial
Life in Raveloe and the surrounding countryside is to a great extent idealised. Pastoral settings concern life in the countryside, especially when favourably contrasted with urban life
7 .
Which of the following best describes Raveloe?
Gossipy and highly political
Friendly, traditional and inward-looking
Impoverished and mistrustful
Fashionable and political
Raveloe is characterised by its friendliness; this friendliness, however, is not easily extended to outsiders such as Silas
8 .
How does Silas's cottage change during Eppie's young life there?
It gains life and comfort
It becomes progressively more run-down
It becomes less comfortable but more lively
Silas's cottage does not change at all
Sixteen years after Eppie's arrival, the cottage holds several pets as well as more solid and comfortable furniture given by Godfrey
9 .
The novel is set in the early years of which century?
The 17th
The 18th
The 19th
The 20th
The novel opens with the following words: "In the days when the spinning-wheels hummed busily in the farmhouses..." This vague reference to time is shortly afterwards clarified with the slightly more specific reference to "the early years of this century", which, for George Eliot was of course the nineteenth century
10 .
How is Godfrey's home depicted in the first half of the novel?
The Red House is a feminine environment in which the Squire and his sons feel unwelcome
The Red House is a comfortable haven
The Red House is cosy although slightly unkempt
The Red House is a masculine environment which requires domesticating by a woman
The early death of the Squire's wife leaves the home inhabited solely by men. Eliot describes the home as lacking the "fountain of wholesome love and fear in parlour and kitchen". Nancy is expected to fill this role after marrying Godfrey
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