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

2. In Chapter Nine, while Tom Corey discusses Middlemarch with her, with what does Irene seem engrossed?
(a) Trapping a pine shaving with the point of her parasol.
(b) Her new silk gown.
(c) Embroidering a cushion.
(d) Dusting a windowsill with her gloved fingers.

3. Which of the Laphams is happiest about the Coreys' dinner invitation?
(a) Silas.
(b) Persis.
(c) Irene.
(d) Penelope.

4. To where does Silas Lapham want to take Bromfield Corey for a fish dinner?
(a) A French restaurant in Manhattan.
(b) His Vermont farm.
(c) Tafts.
(d) His home in Nankeen Square.

5. Where does Tom Corey visit his mother and sisters in Chapter Six?
(a) Florida.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Cape Cod.
(d) Bar Harbour.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Anna Corey wish her son had done instead of join Silas Lapham's paint business?

3. Who does Persis Lapham say was never equal to Tom Corey?

4. When Tom Corey approaches Silas Lapham about joining his business, how does Lapham try to treat young Corey?

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

(see the answer key)

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