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

2. How long has the Lapham family lived in their Boston home?
(a) One month.
(b) Twenty five years.
(c) One week.
(d) Twelve years.

3. How do Bromfield and Anna Corey respond to the news about Tom's romance?
(a) They offer to pay for the wedding.
(b) They try to interest Tom in a more aristocratic bride.
(c) They threaten to disinherit Tom.
(d) They don't like it but resign themselves to it.

4. What have the Corey ladies lost when they first meet the Laphams?
(a) A diamond pendant.
(b) Some of their luggage.
(c) A blue plumed hat.
(d) A gold pocket watch.

5. Where was Silas Lapham born?
(a) On a boat on the Mississippi River.
(b) On a farm in Vermont.
(c) In New Orleans.
(d) In a Philadelphia slum.

Short Answer Questions

1. Silas Lapham believes Tom Corey's sole interest is the mineral paint business, but what does Persis Lapham believe has also captured Tom's interest?

2. What novel does Tom Corey notice on a table in the Lapham parlor and begin discussing?

3. What does Tom Corey overhear Silas Lapham advising his pretty typist to do?

4. Why hasn't Bromfield Corey seen Bartley Hubbard's article in The Events about Silas Lapham?

5. Which of the following statements is not a way Tom Corey describes the Lapham girls to his mother?

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