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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. With what does Persis Lapham worry Irene will wear herself out?
(a) Grief.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Work.
(d) Exercise.

2. 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) Embroidering a cushion.
(d) Her new silk gown.

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

4. Who defends Milton Rogers to Silas Lapham and refuses to believe Rogers is the swindler he seems to be?
(a) Bromfield Corey.
(b) Irene.
(c) Tom Corey.
(d) Persis.

5. Where does Silas Lapham decide to build a new more fashionable home?
(a) His Back Bay property.
(b) Downtown New York.
(c) In London.
(d) On the beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has the Lapham family lived in their Boston home?

2. Whose death brings sorrow to the early years of the Lapham marriage?

3. How do Anna and Bromfield Corey feel about Penelope's behavior toward Tom?

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

5. Who do Mrs. Lapham and Penelope note that Tom Corey never mentions to either of them during his visits?

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