The Rise of Silas Lapham Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Rise of Silas Lapham Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To how much does Persis Lapham limit her husband's spending on their new home?
(a) Fifty thousand dollars.
(b) One million dollars.
(c) One hundred thousand dollars.
(d) Ten thousand dollars.

2. In Chapter Nine, while Tom Corey discusses Middlemarch with her, with what does Irene seem engrossed?
(a) Trapping a pine shaving with the point of her parasol.
(b) Her new silk gown.
(c) Embroidering a cushion.
(d) Dusting a windowsill with her gloved fingers.

3. In Chapter Three, who do Silas and Persis Lapham run into while visiting the construction site of their new home?
(a) Persis Lapham's aged mother.
(b) Bromfield Corey.
(c) Mr. Sewell.
(d) Milton Rogers, Lapham's former partner.

4. What kind of business does Silas Lapham buy before his paint business takes off?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A bank.
(d) A saloon.

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.

6. What newspaper has sent reporter Bartley Hubard to interview Silas Lapham in Chapter One?
(a) The Chronicle.
(b) The Wall Street Journal.
(c) The Events.
(d) The Globe.

7. Which of the following statements accurately describes the financial situation of the Lapham family and the Corey family?
(a) The Coreys have a lot more money than the Laphams.
(b) The Laphams have a lot more money than the Coreys.
(c) The Laphams have a little more money than the Coreys.
(d) Both families have an equal amount of money.

8. What does Silas Lapham tell Persis he doesn't like about Tom Corey?
(a) Tom is too young to marry one of their daughters.
(b) Tom doesn't show respect for the mineral paint business.
(c) Tom is snobbish and condescending.
(d) Tom lives off his father instead of supporting himself.

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

10. Which member of the Corey family does Silas Lapham tell Persis he wants to meet?
(a) Susan.
(b) Bromfield, Tom's father.
(c) Nanny.
(d) Anna.

11. In Chapter Nine, who thinks the Lapham family is below the Corey family?
(a) Tom Corey.
(b) Irene Lapham.
(c) Silas Lapham.
(d) Bromfield Corey.

12. How long has the Lapham family lived in their Boston home?
(a) One month.
(b) Twelve years.
(c) One week.
(d) Twenty five years.

13. What does Irene ask Tom Corey to suggest for the new room in the Laphams' Beacon Street home?
(a) Furniture.
(b) Art work.
(c) Books.
(d) A piano.

14. Where was Silas Lapham born?
(a) On a farm in Vermont.
(b) In a Philadelphia slum.
(c) On a boat on the Mississippi River.
(d) In New Orleans.

15. Which of the following statements is not a way Tom Corey describes Silas Lapham to his father?
(a) He brags about being able to spend money.
(b) He is intelligent and articulate.
(c) His range of ideas is limited.
(d) He's simple-hearted and wholesome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What business does Persis Lapham tell her husband she thinks Tom Corey will never go into?

2. Why does Anna Corey think Tom's marriage to Irene Lapham would be worse than his joining the Lapham paint business?

3. What does Anna Corey wish her son had done instead of join Silas Lapham's paint business?

4. Why does Bromfield not think Tom will stick with the paint business long?

5. How old is Silas Lapham in Chapter One?

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