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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VI and VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Bromfield Corey.
(b) His daughters.
(c) His wife.
(d) Mr. Sewell.

2. What novel does Tom Corey notice on a table in the Lapham parlor and begin discussing?
(a) Little Women.
(b) Middlemarch.
(c) Nicholas Nickleby.
(d) Tom Sawyer.

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

4. In what series of articles is the newspaper going to feature an article on Silas Lapham?
(a) The Solid Men of Boston series.
(b) The Business Men of Vermont series.
(c) The Rich Men of New York series.
(d) The Paint Sellers of America series.

5. What do the Lapham sisters make fun of when discussing Tom Corey at the end of Chapter Four?
(a) Tom's freckles.
(b) Tom's short stature.
(c) Tom's big feet.
(d) Tom's hair and nose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What have the Corey ladies lost when they first meet the Laphams?

2. After giving Tom Corey a history of the paint, where does Silas Lapham suggest the young man come to finish their business talk?

3. What newspaper has sent reporter Bartley Hubard to interview Silas Lapham in Chapter One?

4. Whose death brings sorrow to the early years of the Lapham marriage?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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