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

2. Where does Silas Lapham decide to build a new more fashionable home?
(a) His Back Bay property.
(b) Downtown New York.
(c) In London.
(d) On the beach.

3. Where was Silas Lapham born?
(a) On a farm in Vermont.
(b) On a boat on the Mississippi River.
(c) In New Orleans.
(d) In a Philadelphia slum.

4. What subject does Tom avoid while talking with his mother in Chapter Eight?
(a) Working for a living.
(b) Penelope Lapham.
(c) Irene Lapham.
(d) Traveling to Europe.

5. Silas Lapham believes Tom Corey's sole interest is the mineral paint business, but what does Persis Lapham believe has also captured Tom's interest?
(a) Silas Lapham's work ethic.
(b) Irene.
(c) The Lapham family's hospitality.
(d) Penelope.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Tom Corey comes to the Lapham home for a second visit in Chapter Eleven, about whom does he ask Irene?

2. What is Anna Corey's reaction when her husband Bromfield tells her their son has decided to join Silas Lapham's paint business?

3. What have the Corey ladies lost when they first meet the Laphams?

4. What novel does Tom Corey notice on a table in the Lapham parlor and begin discussing?

5. In Chapter Nine, while Tom Corey discusses Middlemarch with her, with what does Irene seem engrossed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lapham's financial situation in Chapter Nine.

2. What is Silas Lapham's relationship with Milton Rogers and what disagreement do Silas and Persis have over Lapham's dealings with Rogers?

3. Describe Tom Corey's discussion with his mother in Chapter Eight about his entering Silas Lapham's paint business.

4. What is Lapham's childhood and family background, and how does this background shape his values?

5. What different opinions do Silas and Persis Lapham have in Chapter Seven for why Tom Corey visits them?

6. What happens in Chapter Ten when Milton Rogers asks Silas Lapham for a loan, and how does Persis Lapham feel about the situation?

7. What is Anna Corey's reaction to her son's decision to go into the mineral paint business?

8. How does Tom Corey describe the Lapham family to his mother?

9. What information is revealed about Zerrilla Dewey in Chapter Eight and what does Walker the bookkeeper seem to imply about her relationship with Silas Lapham?

10. Describe Bromfield Corey's life and how it differs from Silas Lapham's.

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