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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXVI and XXVII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What physical ailment does Tom Corey have in Chapter Twenty One?
(a) A broken leg.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) An earache.
(d) A headache.

2. Why does Persis send a note to her husband in Chapter Seventeen asking him to meet her early in the afternoon?
(a) She wants to ask for a divorce.
(b) She wants to confront him about Zerilla.
(c) She wants to tell him of Tom Corey's love for Penelope.
(d) She wants to ask him to give Rogers another loan.

3. Who tells Tom Corey of Silas Lapham's potential financial ruin?
(a) Persis Lapham.
(b) Walker, Lapham's bookkeeper.
(c) Zeirlla Dewey.
(d) Penelope.

4. What do Irene Lapham and Tom Corey talk about all evening when Tom visits the Lapham home in Chapter Eleven?
(a) Middlemarch.
(b) Mineral paints.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Getting married.

5. What advice is given to Silas and Persis Lapham at the end of Chapter Eighteen to handle the situation with Tom Corey?
(a) To take Penelope and Irene far away from Tom.
(b) To fire Tom from the paint business.
(c) To force Tom to marry Irene.
(d) To let Penelope have Tom so only Irene suffers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sisters does Tom Corey have?

2. What does Irene give Penelope after learning the truth about Tom Corey's feelings for her?

3. What does Penelope write to Tom Corey?

4. To whom does Silas Lapham loan money in Chapter Ten?

5. What subject does Tom avoid while talking with his mother in Chapter Eight?

(see the answer key)

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