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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XVI, XVII and XVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which member of the Corey family is ill when they first meet the Laphams?
(a) Bromfield Corey.
(b) Anna Corey.
(c) Nanny Corey.
(d) Tom Corey.

2. In Chapter Seventeen, who does Silas Lapham tell his wife he found at their house the previous night?
(a) Milton Rogers.
(b) Bromfield Corey.
(c) Zerilla Dewey.
(d) Tom Corey.

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

4. What does Persis Lapham try unsuccessfully to get her husband to understand at the end of Chapter Nine?
(a) The Coreys think they are higher socially than the Laphams.
(b) The Coreys hate Silas.
(c) Irene loves Tom.
(d) The Coreys hate Irene.

5. Who does Silas Lapham want to talk with his wife about in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Irene.
(b) Jim Millon.
(c) Milton Rogers.
(d) Bromfield Corey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Silas Lapham stay home the day after Bromfield Corey's visit in Chapter Eleven?

2. Who do Mrs. Lapham and Penelope note that Tom Corey never mentions to either of them during his visits?

3. What does Tom Corey overhear Silas Lapham advising his pretty typist to do?

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

5. Who refers to Silas Lapham as General Lapham instead of by his true title of Colonel Lapham?

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