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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. From whom has Silas Lapham purchased mills in Chapter Twenty?
(a) James Bellingham.
(b) Bromfield Corey.
(c) Milton Rogers.
(d) Jim Millon.

2. What does Irene buy at the apothecary?
(a) Medication for an upset stomach.
(b) A powder to help her sleep.
(c) Aspirin for a headache.
(d) Medication for depression.

3. Who does Silas Lapham want to talk with his wife about in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Bromfield Corey.
(b) Jim Millon.
(c) Irene.
(d) Milton Rogers.

4. How does the elegant and classically designed Corey home seem to the Laphams when they enter it?
(a) Overly fancy.
(b) Boring.
(c) Bare.
(d) Old-fashioned.

5. With whom does Silas Lapham suggest he and his wife discuss the matter of Tom Corey's relationship with their daughters?
(a) Mr. Sewell.
(b) Bromfield Corey.
(c) Milton Rogers.
(d) Anna Corey.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Anna and Bromfield Corey feel about Penelope's behavior toward Tom?

2. Who does Persis Lapham say was never equal to Tom Corey?

3. When Silas Lapham visits his new house, what does he do there?

4. Which of the Laphams is happiest about the Coreys' dinner invitation?

5. Which guest at the Coreys' dinner party thinks novels are "psychical suicide" and give too much importance to love, love-making, and marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Tom Corey's reaction when he learns that the Laphams have believed he prefers Irene to Penelope?

2. Describe Silas Lapham's interactions with Zerrilla Dewey and her mother, Moll Millon, in Chapter Twenty Three.

3. What opinion does Anna Corey form of Penelope Lapham during her visit with Persis and Penelope?

4. What bad news does Walker the bookkeeper deliver to Silas Lapham about Lapham's paint company in Chapter Twenty One?

5. What is written on the scrap of paper Persis Lapham retrieves when her husband drops it and what is Silas Lapham's explanation for the paper?

6. Describe Irene's reaction to the news that Tom Corey prefers her plainer sister, Penelope, to her.

7. Describe Silas Lapham's financial status at the end of Chapter Twenty One and how it compares to his financial status at the beginning of the novel?

8. What mistakes does Silas Lapham commit at the Corey dinner party?

9. How do the Laphams react to the dinner invitation from the aristocratic Coreys?

10. Describe how Silas Lapham confronts Milton Rogers in Chapter Twenty One and how Rogers responds to that confrontation.

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