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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Anna Corey wish her son had done instead of join Silas Lapham's paint business?
(a) Take a European tour like Bromfield did in his youth.
(b) Get married.
(c) Write a novel.
(d) Join the army.

3. What does Tom Corey overhear Silas Lapham advising his pretty typist to do?
(a) Try his family doctor for her insomnia.
(b) Get a divorce.
(c) Get a new job.
(d) Move to a new part of town.

4. In Chapter Nine, what is Silas Lapham fond of letting the public know?
(a) That his paint is a bestseller.
(b) That his wife was once a teacher.
(c) That he is rich.
(d) That a member of the Corey family works for him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Four, with whom does Silas Lapham sit in the frame of a bay window at the construction site of the family's new Beacon Street house?

2. At the beginning of Chapter Eleven, who does Tom Corey suggest his father meet?

3. After giving Tom Corey a history of the paint, where does Silas Lapham suggest the young man come to finish their business talk?

4. What does Silas Lapham send Bartley Hubbard's wife as a present at the end of Chapter One?

5. To whom does Silas Lapham loan money in Chapter Ten?

Short Essay Questions

1. What business proposals does Tom Corey suggest to Silas Lapham?

2. How does Silas Lapham feel about having Tom Corey work for him, and how does he feel about Tom's work?

3. Why does Silas Lapham decide to build a new house?

4. What different opinions do Silas and Persis Lapham have in Chapter Seven for why Tom Corey visits them?

5. How does Penelope react to Tom Corey's visits in Chapter Eleven, and what does her behavior indicate?

6. What aspect of Tom Corey's life does Silas Lapham disapprove of, and what action does Lapham think it would take to improve Corey?

7. What information is revealed about Zerrilla Dewey in Chapter Eight and what does Walker the bookkeeper seem to imply about her relationship with Silas Lapham?

8. What is Lapham's childhood and family background, and how does this background shape his values?

9. What is Silas Lapham's relationship with Milton Rogers and what disagreement do Silas and Persis have over Lapham's dealings with Rogers?

10. What is Anna Corey's reaction to her son's decision to go into the mineral paint business?

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