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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXVI and XXVII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action is Silas Lapham driven to in Chapter Twenty Seven to resolve his financial difficulties?
(a) Robbing a bank.
(b) Embezzlement.
(c) Declaring bankruptcy.
(d) Committing suicide.

2. What does James Bellingham advise Silas Lapham to do at the beginning of Chapter Twenty Six?
(a) To let his daughter marry Tom Corey.
(b) Leave Boston.
(c) Declare bankruptcy.
(d) Go see the company he wants to buy.

3. Which of the following statements does not appear in the description of Silas Lapham that Bartley Hubbard writes for his newspaper article?
(a) He is of medium height.
(b) His nose is short and straight.
(c) He is bald and walks with a cane.
(d) He has a square, bold chin and a short, reddish-gray beard.

4. How does the elegant and classically designed Corey home seem to the Laphams when they enter it?
(a) Old-fashioned.
(b) Boring.
(c) Bare.
(d) Overly fancy.

5. How old is Silas Lapham in Chapter One?
(a) Fifty-five.
(b) Twenty-two.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Forty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What room does Irene tell Tom Corey the Laphams will have in their new Beacon Street home?

3. What note does Penelope send to Tom Corey at the beginning of Chapter Twenty Two?

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

5. What is unusual in the eyes of the Coreys about the beverages the Coreys drink with dinner?

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