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The Rise of Silas Lapham Quiz

William Dean Howells
This Study Guide consists of approximately 45 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Rise of Silas Lapham.

The Rise of Silas Lapham Quiz

William Dean Howells
This Study Guide consists of approximately 45 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Rise of Silas Lapham.

Take our free The Rise of Silas Lapham quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Take the free quiz now!

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

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? (from Chapter XI)

2.

Which guest at the Coreys' dinner party thinks novels are "psychical suicide" and give too much importance to love, love-making, and marriage? (from Chapters XIV and XV)

3.

Which of the Coreys likes Penelope upon meeting her? (from Chapters XXVI and XXVII)

4.

What does Tom Corey try unsuccessfully to convince Penelope of at the end of Chapter Nineteen? (from Chapters XIX and XX)

5.

When Milton Rogers comes to visit Silas Lapham at the office in Chapter Twenty One and says he thought the railroad would pay a fair price for the mills, what does Lapham accuse Rogers of doing? (from Chapter XXI)

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