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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IX and X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Nine, what is Silas Lapham fond of letting the public know?
(a) That a member of the Corey family works for him.
(b) That his wife was once a teacher.
(c) That he is rich.
(d) That his paint is a bestseller.

2. What does Anna Corey wish her son had done instead of join Silas Lapham's paint business?
(a) Take a European tour like Bromfield did in his youth.
(b) Write a novel.
(c) Get married.
(d) Join the army.

3. What does Tom Corey overhear Silas Lapham advising his pretty typist to do?
(a) Try his family doctor for her insomnia.
(b) Get a new job.
(c) Get a divorce.
(d) Move to a new part of town.

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

5. 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 lives off his father instead of supporting himself.
(c) Tom doesn't show respect for the mineral paint business.
(d) Tom is snobbish and condescending.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Three, who do Silas and Persis Lapham run into while visiting the construction site of their new home?

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. Which member of the Lapham family is left alone with Tom Corey when he visits the site of their new Beacon Street house in Chapter Four?

4. When Irene refuses to join Tom Corey and her family for tea in Chapter Six, what is her mother's reaction?

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

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