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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. In what series of articles is the newspaper going to feature an article on Silas Lapham?
(a) The Paint Sellers of America series.
(b) The Rich Men of New York series.
(c) The Business Men of Vermont series.
(d) The Solid Men of Boston series.

2. What does Anna Corey think of her son going into Lapham's mineral paint business?
(a) She thinks his father should do the same.
(b) She prefers he start his own company.
(c) She supports the idea.
(d) She finds the idea distasteful.

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

4. What is unusual in the eyes of the Coreys about the beverages the Coreys drink with dinner?
(a) They drink buttermilk.
(b) They drink ice water instead of tea, coffee, or wine.
(c) They drink moonshine whiskey.
(d) They drink lemonade.

5. While conversing with his mother in Chapter Eight, what does Tom Corey tell his mother about Penelope Lapham?
(a) That she's pretty.
(b) That she's fashionable.
(c) That she's humorous.
(d) That she's smart.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bromfield not think Tom will stick with the paint business long?

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

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

4. Which of the following statements is not a way Tom Corey describes Silas Lapham to his father?

5. How many daughters do Silas and Persis Lapham have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are the Laphams considered deficient in social graces?

3. What kind of girl does Bromfield Corey think his son Tom should marry, and how do the Lapham girls compare to Bromfield's ideal daughter-in-law?

4. What indication is there in Chapter Ten that Tom Corey might prefer Penelope Lapham over her sister Irene?

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

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

7. What aspect of Tom Corey's life does Silas Lapham disapprove of, and what action does Lapham think it would take to improve Corey?

8. What is Silas Lapham's relationship with Milton Rogers and what disagreement do Silas and Persis have over Lapham's dealings with Rogers?

9. Describe Bromfield Corey's life and how it differs from Silas Lapham's.

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

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