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Senior High School: 11th and 12th Grade
Literature
Silas Marner - Extract 1
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Q.1
What is the immediate context for this passage?
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Nancy has anxiously been awaiting Godfrey's return home
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Aaron has just agreed to dig a garden for Eppie
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Godfrey has informed Eppie that he is her father
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Silas has just been to visit Lantern Yard
Q.2
What immediately follows this passage?
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Eppie asks Silas if she should be married with her mother's ring
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Nancy and Godfrey make a visit to Silas's cottage
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Godfrey admits to being Eppie's father
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Dolly finds out about the drawing of lots in Lantern Yard
Q.3
Godfrey is reluctant to tell Nancy what has been found in the Stone-pit. How is his reluctance conveyed?
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Through the description of the way he watches his wife
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Through his use of the word "skeleton"
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Through his calm manner
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Through his frequent pauses
Q.4
What might Godfrey feel is the "deep meaning" in the manner by which Dunstan died?
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Godfrey feels his own behavior has been vindicated and that he is free of trouble
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He believes Dunstan's physical fall into the pit corresponds to his moral and spiritual fall to temptation
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He is merely trying to heighten Nancy's suspense
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He is referring to the literal depth of the pit
Q.5
Nancy tends towards putting her husband's feelings before her own. How is this habit evident in this passage?
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She tries not to let her lips quiver or to show any other signs of agitation
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She refrains from asking questions
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Although she feels ashamed to be connected to Dunstan's criminal behavior, she immediately thinks how much worse her husband must feel
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All of the above
Q.6
What is the meaning of Godfrey's silence at the end of the passage?
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He is hesitating to tell Nancy about Eppie and his first marriage
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He is reflecting over his brother's long absence
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He is feeling grateful that the Squire never had to hear about Dunstan's shameful behavior
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His silence has no meaning
Q.7
How might the atmosphere of this passage best be described?
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Bright and expectant
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Foreboding
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Triumphant
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Quietly cheery
Q.8
Nancy is slightly surprised at Godfrey's hesitation in telling her about Dunstan. Which one of the following is NOT a reason for her surprise?
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She believes that even suicide is not as awful as the many suspicions people have held about Dunstan
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She feels that Godfrey's emotions would naturally have grown in strength over time
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She knows that Godfrey and Dunstan did not care much for each other
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She is unprepared to think of her disappeared brother-in-law as capable of stealing
Q.9
Godfrey expresses much anxiety in this passage. To which of the following is this anxiety most closely connected?
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His fear that Silas will seek revenge for Dustan's theft
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His fear that Silas will discover that he is Eppie's father
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His fear of telling Nancy his own secret
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His fear that Dustan's behavior has brought shame to himself, his wife and his brothers
Q.10
How does Nancy receive Godfrey's news about the discovery in the Stone-pit?
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Impatiently
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Angrily
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Fearfully
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Calmly
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