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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. Why do the Laphams come to believe their home in Boston is in an unfashionable neighborhood?
(a) Their daughters decree that it is.
(b) The fashionable Anna Corey implies that it is.
(c) A fashion magazine tells them it is.
(d) A newspaper article states that it is.

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

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

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

5. Where does Silas Lapham decide to build a new more fashionable home?
(a) His Back Bay property.
(b) In London.
(c) Downtown New York.
(d) On the beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bromfield Corey think rich girls would offer his son a greater chance at a quiet life than poor girls?

2. In what series of articles is the newspaper going to feature an article on Silas Lapham?

3. Who does Silas Lapham credit for his Christian upbringing?

4. In what city does the novel open?

5. How many daughters do Silas and Persis Lapham have?

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