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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XIV and XV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What business idea does Tom Corey first propose to Silas Lapham in Chapter Six?
(a) A partnership in Lapham's company.
(b) Investing capital in Lapham's company.
(c) Expanding into the construction business.
(d) Starting a branch of Lapham's company in Maine.

2. To where does Silas Lapham want to take Bromfield Corey for a fish dinner?
(a) His home in Nankeen Square.
(b) Tafts.
(c) A French restaurant in Manhattan.
(d) His Vermont farm.

3. Which member of the Corey family is ill when they first meet the Laphams?
(a) Bromfield Corey.
(b) Nanny Corey.
(c) Tom Corey.
(d) Anna Corey.

4. Why do the Laphams come to believe their home in Boston is in an unfashionable neighborhood?
(a) Their daughters decree that it is.
(b) A fashion magazine tells them it is.
(c) The fashionable Anna Corey implies that it is.
(d) A newspaper article states that it is.

5. When Tom Corey comes to the Lapham home for a second visit in Chapter Eleven, about whom does he ask Irene?
(a) Persis.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Mr. Sewell.
(d) Silas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom Corey tell his father in Chapter Eleven that Mrs. Lapham has never done, a fact the Coreys find unusual given the Lapham wealth?

2. What does Silas Lapham wear to the Corey dinner that no other man there wears?

3. Why does Persis Lapham call her husband the Colonel?

4. Who do Mrs. Lapham and Penelope note that Tom Corey never mentions to either of them during his visits?

5. What is Anna Corey's reaction when her husband Bromfield tells her their son has decided to join Silas Lapham's paint business?

(see the answer key)

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