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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Persis Lapham do for a living before she marries Silas?
(a) She runs a restaurant.
(b) She raises thoroughbred horses.
(c) She teaches school.
(d) She owns a cattle ranch.

2. Whose death brings sorrow to the early years of the Lapham marriage?
(a) Silas Lapham's mother.
(b) Silas Lapham's father.
(c) Persis Lapham's mother.
(d) The Laphams' son.

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

4. Why does Bromfield Corey think rich girls would offer his son a greater chance at a quiet life than poor girls?
(a) They've had everything & wouldn't be ambitious or uneasy.
(b) They know art and music and culture, things Tom likes.
(c) They would understand his background and his family.
(d) They would have more in common with him.

5. How old is Silas Lapham in Chapter One?
(a) Twenty-two.
(b) Fifty-five.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Forty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who first discovers Silas Lapham's paint mine?

2. What have the Corey ladies lost when they first meet the Laphams?

3. Where does Silas Lapham decide to build a new more fashionable home?

4. What physical ailment has Irene developed in Chapter Six?

5. What does Anna Corey think of the Lapham family borrowing books from the public library?

(see the answer key)

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