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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Penelope greet Tom Corey when he visits her home in Chapter Sixteen?
(a) Irene is ill.
(b) Her father is not home at the time.
(c) Irene sends her downstairs as an emissary.
(d) Tom asks for her.

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

3. What does Tom Corey tell his mother the Laphams like to do more than read?
(a) Talk.
(b) Sail.
(c) Play tennis.
(d) Eat.

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

5. Who does Persis Lapham find crying in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) Tom Corey.
(b) Nanny Corey.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Irene.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Two, who sends Persis Lapham a lithographed circular soliciting for donations to a charity?

2. What does Persis Lapham do for a living before she marries Silas?

3. For whom does Silas Lapham name his top brand of paint?

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

5. What is the problem with Lapham's mills?

(see the answer key)

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