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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Silas Lapham send Bartley Hubbard's wife as a present at the end of Chapter One?
(a) A bouquet of red roses.
(b) Jars of his Persis Brand paint.
(c) A new horse.
(d) A bottle of French perfume.

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

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

4. Why does Penelope Lapham think Tom Corey and Irene Lapham need to spend more time alone?
(a) She wants Irene to get in trouble with their parents.
(b) She thinks they are in love and want more time alone.
(c) She thinks it will help them figure out if they like each other.
(d) She needs the time alone with her own boyfriend.

5. In Chapter Nine, while Tom Corey discusses Middlemarch with her, with what does Irene seem engrossed?
(a) Dusting a windowsill with her gloved fingers.
(b) Trapping a pine shaving with the point of her parasol.
(c) Embroidering a cushion.
(d) Her new silk gown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who meets the boat with a carriage and driver to take Silas Lapham and Tom Corey home?

2. What is unusual in the eyes of the Coreys about the beverages the Coreys drink with dinner?

3. In Chapter Three, who do Silas and Persis Lapham run into while visiting the construction site of their new home?

4. What room does Irene tell Tom Corey the Laphams will have in their new Beacon Street home?

5. At the beginning of Chapter Eleven, who does Tom Corey suggest his father meet?

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