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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who first discovers Silas Lapham's paint mine?
(a) Silas Lapham's father.
(b) Persis Lapham.
(c) Silas Lapham's brother, Willard.
(d) Silas Lapham.

2. Where does Bromfield Corey visit Silas Lapham in Chapter Eleven?
(a) At the Taft seafood restaurant.
(b) At the construction site of Lapham's Beacon Street home.
(c) At Lapham's office.
(d) At Lapham's Vermont farm.

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

4. Why does Bromfield Corey think rich girls would offer his son a greater chance at a quiet life than poor girls?
(a) They would have more in common with him.
(b) They've had everything & wouldn't be ambitious or uneasy.
(c) They would understand his background and his family.
(d) They know art and music and culture, things Tom likes.

5. What does Persis Lapham do for a living before she marries Silas?
(a) She raises thoroughbred horses.
(b) She teaches school.
(c) She owns a cattle ranch.
(d) She runs a restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Penelope Lapham think Tom Corey and Irene Lapham need to spend more time alone?

2. What does Tom Corey tell his mother the Laphams like to do more than read?

3. Which of the following statements is not a way Tom Corey describes Silas Lapham to his father?

4. To how much does Persis Lapham limit her husband's spending on their new home?

5. In Chapter Nine, while Tom Corey discusses Middlemarch with her, with what does Irene seem engrossed?

(see the answer key)

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