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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which member of the Corey family does Silas Lapham tell Persis he wants to meet?
(a) Susan.
(b) Bromfield, Tom's father.
(c) Anna.
(d) Nanny.

2. What business idea does Tom Corey propose to Silas Lapham that meets with Lapham's approval?
(a) Taking the paint to foreign countries like Mexico.
(b) Adding a cheaper line of paint.
(c) Lowering the price on his products.
(d) Increasing the company's advertising.

3. What newspaper has sent reporter Bartley Hubard to interview Silas Lapham in Chapter One?
(a) The Chronicle.
(b) The Wall Street Journal.
(c) The Globe.
(d) The Events.

4. Why do the Laphams come to believe their home in Boston is in an unfashionable neighborhood?
(a) Their daughters decree that it is.
(b) The fashionable Anna Corey implies that it is.
(c) A fashion magazine tells them it is.
(d) A newspaper article states that it is.

5. 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 bald and walks with a cane.
(b) He has a square, bold chin and a short, reddish-gray beard.
(c) He is of medium height.
(d) His nose is short and straight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Anna Corey think Tom's marriage to Irene Lapham would be worse than his joining the Lapham paint business?

2. Which of the following statements accurately describes the financial situation of the Lapham family and the Corey family?

3. What does Silas Lapham send Bartley Hubbard's wife as a present at the end of Chapter One?

4. Why hasn't Bromfield Corey seen Bartley Hubbard's article in The Events about Silas Lapham?

5. Which of the following statements does not describe Irene Lapham's appearance?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Silas Lapham feel about having Tom Corey work for him, and how does he feel about Tom's work?

2. How has Persis Lapham supported her husband and his business over the years and how does Lapham honor her for her support?

3. What different opinions do Silas and Persis Lapham have in Chapter Seven for why Tom Corey visits them?

4. Why does Bartley Hubbard interview Silas Lapham, and what differing views of success do Hubbard and Lapham have?

5. Describe Lapham's financial situation in Chapter Nine.

6. What is Lapham's childhood and family background, and how does this background shape his values?

7. How does Penelope react to Tom Corey's visits in Chapter Eleven, and what does her behavior indicate?

8. Describe the Laphams' first meeting with the Corey family.

9. How does Tom Corey describe the Lapham family to his mother?

10. Why does Silas Lapham decide to build a new house?

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