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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXII and XXIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What room does Irene tell Tom Corey the Laphams will have in their new Beacon Street home?
(a) A library.
(b) A conservatory.
(c) A music room.
(d) A billiard room.

2. What is Silas Lapham's response when Persis asks him who Mrs. M is?
(a) He says it's his girlfriend.
(b) He says it's an old school friend.
(c) He says it's an employee.
(d) He says he doesn't know what she means.

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

4. What novel do Tom Corey and Penelope discuss when Tom sees that Penelope is reading it?
(a) Little Women.
(b) Middlemarch.
(c) Pride and Prejudice.
(d) Tears, Idle Tears.

5. Where is Irene Lapham when Anna Corey visits the Laphams in Chapter Twelve?
(a) Visiting Silas at his office.
(b) In her bedroom ill with a fever.
(c) Visiting an old friend in Salem.
(d) Away from home to get a book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Silas Lapham stay home the day after Bromfield Corey's visit in Chapter Eleven?

2. Which member of the Lapham family refuses to attend the Coreys' dinner party?

3. Which of the following statements does not describe Penelope's opinion of the novel she and Tom Corey discuss?

4. Who do Mrs. Lapham and Penelope note that Tom Corey never mentions to either of them during his visits?

5. In Chapter Twelve, what do the Corey sisters bring back from their summer vacation?

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