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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Cressida walks toward her stateroom, who does she encounter?
(a) The deck steward with another drink.
(b) Jerome and the Captain.
(c) Horace and Poppas.
(d) Horace, Miss Julia, and Poppas.

2. What is the narrator's relationship to the famous person who is boarding the cruise ship?
(a) Sister.
(b) Sister-in-law.
(c) Best friend.
(d) Aunt.

3. What do Cressida and Poppas have for each other?
(a) Admiration.
(b) A love/hate tension.
(c) The ability to practically read each other's minds.
(d) Mutual respect.

4. Why is Cressida not surprised to encounter Carrie?
(a) Because Cressida had sent Carried a ticket.
(b) Because Cressida's personal secretary knew Carrie booked a room.
(c) Because Carrie loves to travel on ships.
(d) Because she always manages to turn up at critical periods in her life.

5. What did Cressida once worry about when she was broke?
(a) If she and her son would be put out on the streets.
(b) Whether she'd have enough food for herself and Horace.
(c) If she would be able to afford a gown to apply for a part on Broadway.
(d) Having enough money to bury her first husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jerome supposedly convey to Cressida?

2. How does Poppas view his success?

3. Who of the "inner circle" is not accompanying Cressida?

4. What in Cressida's life had scandalous potential?

5. What drives a wedge between the sisters and Poppas?

(see the answer key)

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