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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 does Silas Lapham wear to the Corey dinner that no other man there wears?
(a) A cravat.
(b) A wedding ring.
(c) A hat.
(d) Gloves.

2. Why does Penelope Lapham think Tom Corey and Irene Lapham need to spend more time alone?
(a) She thinks it will help them figure out if they like each other.
(b) She thinks they are in love and want more time alone.
(c) She needs the time alone with her own boyfriend.
(d) She wants Irene to get in trouble with their parents.

3. After giving Tom Corey a history of the paint, where does Silas Lapham suggest the young man come to finish their business talk?
(a) A restaurant in downtown Boston.
(b) New York.
(c) Bar Harbor.
(d) The Lapham cottage in Nantasket.

4. 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?
(a) She has never patronized a charity.
(b) She has never attended the opera.
(c) She has never bought a real diamond necklace.
(d) She has never given a dinner.

5. Who drinks too much at the Coreys' dinner party and begins to brag as a result?
(a) Irene Lapham.
(b) Miss Kingsbury.
(c) Charles Bellingham.
(d) Silas Lapham.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the Laphams traveling when they meet another Boston family, the rich and fashionable Coreys?

2. What does Tom Corey tell his mother the Laphams like to do more than read?

3. Where does Bromfield Corey visit Silas Lapham in Chapter Eleven?

4. Which of the following statements accurately describes the financial situation of the Lapham family and the Corey family?

5. What do Irene Lapham and Tom Corey talk about all evening when Tom visits the Lapham home in Chapter Eleven?

(see the answer key)

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