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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 Lapham family refuses to attend the Coreys' dinner party?
(a) Persis.
(b) Irene.
(c) Silas.
(d) Penelope.

2. How do Anna and Bromfield Corey feel about Penelope's behavior toward Tom?
(a) They think Penelope is too aloof.
(b) They think Penelope is too demonstrative.
(c) They think Penelope is too clinging.
(d) They think Penelope behaves with great decorum.

3. How long does Silas Lapham give Milton Rogers to produce the parties who Rogers claims want to buy the mills?
(a) Ten days.
(b) A week.
(c) Twenty four hours.
(d) A month.

4. How do Bromfield and Anna Corey respond to the news about Tom's romance?
(a) They don't like it but resign themselves to it.
(b) They offer to pay for the wedding.
(c) They threaten to disinherit Tom.
(d) They try to interest Tom in a more aristocratic bride.

5. Which guest at the Coreys' dinner party thinks novels are "psychical suicide" and give too much importance to love, love-making, and marriage?
(a) Miss Kingsbury.
(b) Silas Lapham.
(c) Mr. Sewell, the minister.
(d) Charles Bellingham.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sends Irene the Texas newspaper clipping she thought had come from Tom Corey?

2. To where does Persis Lapham take Irene at the beginning of Chapter Twenty?

3. When Anna Corey visits the Laphams in Chapter Twelve, how does Mrs. Lapham feel about the visit?

4. Which of the following statements does not describe Silas Lapham's interactions with Zerilla Dewey and her mother, Moll Millon, in Chapter Twenty Three?

5. Who does Silas Lapham want to talk with his wife about in Chapter Eighteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which member of the Lapham family does not attend the Corey dinner party and what different reactions do Anna Corey and Persis Lapham have to the absence?

2. What business proposal does Silas Lapham discuss with James Bellingham in Chapter Twenty Five, and what counter suggestion does Bellingham make?

3. Describe Anna Corey's visit to the Lapham home in Chapter Twelve.

4. What moral dilemma does Silas Lapham have over Rogers's proposed business deal?

5. What is Tom Corey's reaction when he learns that the Laphams have believed he prefers Irene to Penelope?

6. What opinion does Anna Corey form of Penelope Lapham during her visit with Persis and Penelope?

7. How do the Laphams react to the dinner invitation from the aristocratic Coreys?

8. What destroys Silas Lapham's new house and how does that situation add to Lapham's financial woes?

9. What new business proposition does Milton Rogers bring Silas Lapham in Chapter Twenty Five?

10. What strategies does Silas Lapham consider in Chapter Twenty Three for easing his financial woes?

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