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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following statements does not describe Irene Lapham?
(a) She is an intellectual with a college degree.
(b) She is beautiful.
(c) She prefers housekeeping to studying.
(d) She spends her leisure time shopping

4. What do the Lapham sisters think their father does too much when Tom Corey visits the site of their new house in Chapter Four and receives a tour of the Beacon Street house from Silas?
(a) Drinks.
(b) Brags.
(c) Eats.
(d) Talks.

5. Which member of the Lapham family has been reading the novel Tom Corey sees on the Lapham parlor table?
(a) Persis.
(b) Irene.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Silas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Anna Corey mean when she says there is no need for Tom to earn a living either through work or marriage?

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

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

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

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