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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. Why can't Zerilla marry Mr. Wemmel?
(a) Mr. Wemmel doesn't want her.
(b) Her husband Hen won't divorce her yet.
(c) Mr. Wemmel already has a wife.
(d) Mr. Wemmel is in jail.

2. Silas Lapham believes Tom Corey's sole interest is the mineral paint business, but what does Persis Lapham believe has also captured Tom's interest?
(a) The Lapham family's hospitality.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Irene.
(d) Silas Lapham's work ethic.

3. Why do Persis and Silas Lapham begin to feel glad their daughter is not engaged to Tom Corey?
(a) Tom Corey has bad manners.
(b) So they won't be embarrassed due to their financial losses.
(c) A richer man develops an interest in their daughter.
(d) The Coreys are rude and snobbish.

4. What collateral of Milton Rogers's is Silas Lapham going to sell for what they will fetch in the market?
(a) Rogers's diamond ring.
(b) Rogers's stocks and his mills.
(c) Rogers's gold watch.
(d) Rogers's house in the country.

5. What does Tom Corey tell his father in Chapter Eleven that Mrs. Lapham has never done, a fact the Coreys find unusual given the Lapham wealth?
(a) She has never patronized a charity.
(b) She has never bought a real diamond necklace.
(c) She has never given a dinner.
(d) She has never attended the opera.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which relative has Tom Corey consulted in addition to his father about the merits of joining Lapham's mineral paint business?

2. To what country do Tom Corey and his bride move after their wedding?

3. To whom does Silas Lapham loan money in Chapter Ten?

4. What kind of business does Silas Lapham buy before his paint business takes off?

5. What does Nanny Corey think the novel discussed at her family's dinner party should have been called?

(see the answer key)

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