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Godfrey is being blackmailed by his brother Dunstan.
Silas Marner - Understanding the Text
This GCSE English Literature quiz takes a look at understanding the text in Silas Marner by George Eliot. It is not always easy to understand a text. After all, if authors had a simple message to convey, it would not take them hundreds of pages and thousands of words in which to do so! Difficulty can be compounded when you are reading a text written a long time ago, as in the case of Silas Marner. The English language changes quickly and sometimes it takes a bit of practise to get used to how authors wrote in the past.
Authors convey meaning through using a variety of methods. They very rarely state what they mean directly. Instead, character, setting, plot, theme and dialogue offer authors a means to communicate with the reader.
1 .
Godfrey is being blackmailed by his brother Dunstan. What does Godfrey hope Dunstan will never reveal to their father?
His regular stealing from his father's tenants
His gambling habit
His secret marriage to a poor, opium-addicted woman
His lack of interest in marrying Nancy
Godfrey warns Dunstan that the blackmail has limits, since his wife has threatened to reveal their secret marriage to his father. He lacks the courage, however, to tell the truth to his father and, as a consequence, lose face amongst their friends and neighbours. Instead he hopes that circumstances will change by chance and spare him
2 .
Why is Silas Marner regarded as a "heathen" by many of the people of Raveloe?
He does not attend church
He does not drink with the other men at the Rainbow
He is unmarried
He is not from Raveloe
Several people encourage Silas to attend church, including Dolly, whose suspicions that Silas is a "heathen", or non-Christian, are confirmed when she finds him working on a Sunday
3 .
Why does Silas Marner move to Raveloe?
The congregation of his chapel in town order him to leave and suggest Raveloe as an appropriate place for him to settle
He has been falsely accused of theft and chooses to settle somewhere very different from the town where he has always lived
He has been falsely accused of theft and wishes to settles very close to the town where he has always lived
The congregation of his chapel order him to leave town and Raveloe is the nearest village in which he can settle
The false accusations of his community leave Silas feeling mistrustful. He chooses to settle somewhere which will not remind him of the place where he lost love, fellowship and faith
4 .
How many years pass between the ending of Part One and the beginning of Part Two of the book?
Five
Twelve
Sixteen
Twenty
The first part of the novel considers Silas's loss, loneliness and alienation from humanity, while the second part demonstrates his reintegration into human society following Eppie's arrival
5 .
How does Silas view the first arrival of Eppie at his hearth?
He sees her as a living replacement for his lost treasure
He sees her as somewhat troublesome, but also as his duty to raise
He believes that the world owed him the love which Eppie provides
He believes that he deserved to have a child of his own
Silas views Eppie as a pure gift to him and as a lesson teaching him that the love of another person is true wealth
6 .
How does Nancy respond to Godfrey's admission that he is Eppie's father?
With understanding and joy
With anger and disappointment
With understanding and regret
With anger and dismay
Nancy is not angry with Godfrey, telling him she only wishes he had acknowledged Eppie sooner so that they could have raised her together. She believes their lives would have been better with Eppie
7 .
Which of the following is NOT true of the investigation which follows the theft of Silas's money?
No one connects Dunstan's disappearance with the theft of Silas's gold
The pedlar is suspected because he is a stranger and visibly different from the people of Raveloe
People slowly lose interest in the investigation
The investigation involves a painstaking search for evidence as well as an unbiased consideration of this evidence
The investigation leaps very quickly on the idea of an outsider having committed the crime. The thought that a well-off son of the Squire could have committed the crime is not once considered
8 .
From what does Silas believe he has been saved?
Overwork
A living death
Alcoholism
Returning to Lantern Yard in search of forgiveness
Silas comes to see the deathly hold his gold had over him and feels that Eppie saved him from its unwholesome grasp. He contrasts it with Eppie's living gaze, touch and voice
9 .
Which of the following is true of Dunstan?
He has a good understanding of others' impressions of him
He bullies those whom he sees as weaker or worth less than himself
He genuinely enjoys his brother's company
He always intends to repay his debts
Dunstan originally plans to bully Silas into loaning him some money
10 .
How does the theft of Silas's money affect the attitude of the people of Raveloe towards him?
They become more sympathetic towards him
They begin to hate him for having hoarded gold
They begin to believe that he deserved ill fortune
Their opinions of Silas do not change after the theft
By suffering misfortune, Silas begins to seem more familiar to the people of Raveloe. This is because they understand misfortune and can better relate to someone with whom they have shared experiences
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