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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Eats.
(b) Talks.
(c) Brags.
(d) Drinks.

2. What business idea does Tom Corey first propose to Silas Lapham in Chapter Six?
(a) Starting a branch of Lapham's company in Maine.
(b) A partnership in Lapham's company.
(c) Investing capital in Lapham's company.
(d) Expanding into the construction business.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bromfield not think Tom will stick with the paint business long?

2. What does Persis Lapham try unsuccessfully to get her husband to understand at the end of Chapter Nine?

3. At the beginning of Chapter Eleven, who does Tom Corey suggest his father meet?

4. In Chapter Nine, who suggests inviting the Laphams to dinner?

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

(see the answer key)

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