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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. In what city does the novel open?
(a) Boston.
(b) Paris.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) New York.

2. When Lapham apologizes to Tom Corey at the office after the Coreys' dinner party for his behavior at the party, what does Tom blame for the incident?
(a) His family's snobbery.
(b) Lapham's eagerness to seem friendly.
(c) Serving wine to a man not used to drinking it.
(d) His father's potent French wines.

3. In Chapter Nine, what is Silas Lapham fond of letting the public know?
(a) That a member of the Corey family works for him.
(b) That his wife was once a teacher.
(c) That he is rich.
(d) That his paint is a bestseller.

4. Which of the following statements does not describe Irene Lapham?
(a) She spends her leisure time shopping
(b) She prefers housekeeping to studying.
(c) She is beautiful.
(d) She is an intellectual with a college degree.

5. To where does Silas Lapham take his wife and daughter in Chapter Twenty Two to cheer them all up?
(a) New York.
(b) London.
(c) The theater.
(d) The family's Vermont farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Persis and Silas Lapham begin to feel glad their daughter is not engaged to Tom Corey?

2. What does Silas Lapham accuse Milton Rogers of being?

3. Which guest at the Coreys' dinner party thinks novels are "psychical suicide" and give too much importance to love, love-making, and marriage?

4. How does the elegant and classically designed Corey home seem to the Laphams when they enter it?

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?

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