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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IV and V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city does the novel open?
(a) Paris.
(b) New York.
(c) Boston.
(d) San Francisco.

2. On what street is the Lapham family's Boston home located?
(a) Fifth Avenue.
(b) Main Street.
(c) Rodeo Drive.
(d) Nankeen Square.

3. Which of the following statements is not a way Tom Corey describes Silas Lapham to his father?
(a) He brags about being able to spend money.
(b) His range of ideas is limited.
(c) He is intelligent and articulate.
(d) He's simple-hearted and wholesome.

4. Why does Persis Lapham call her husband the Colonel?
(a) Silas Lapham is rigid and disciplined like an army officer.
(b) Silas Lapham reminds her of her father, an army colonel.
(c) Silas Lapham was a colonel in the Revolutionary War.
(d) Silas Lapham was a colonel in the Civil War.

5. What does Silas Lapham tell Persis he doesn't like about Tom Corey?
(a) Tom is snobbish and condescending.
(b) Tom doesn't show respect for the mineral paint business.
(c) Tom is too young to marry one of their daughters.
(d) Tom lives off his father instead of supporting himself.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. In Chapter Four, with whom does Silas Lapham sit in the frame of a bay window at the construction site of the family's new Beacon Street house?

5. In Chapter Five, what business does Tom Corey tell his father he wants to go into?

(see the answer key)

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