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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Cressida say she is doing?
2. What about Jerome Brown does Cressida feel fortunate?
3. What else does Cressida believe about the violin player?
4. What does Bouchalka do when he is twenty-one?
5. What does Blasius Bouchalka send Cressida?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
As Carrie is strolling about the ship, she comes upon Cressida and her son and sister. Cressida and Carrie immediately stroll together to talk. Answer the following questions in a well-developed essay using detailed examples from the book and from your own life experience.
1. Who is Carrie in relationship to Cressida?
2. Would you characterize Carrie as a loyal and sincere friend? Give examples to support your stance.
3. Cary is the narrator of the story; what is the perspective of her narration? Is the perspective effective? How would the story change if written the perspective changes? What if Julia or Horace were the narrator?
Essay Topic 2
In Part 4, when Carrie writes about Cressida being lost on the Titanic, Carrie explains that one reason Cressida waited to sail on the Titanic instead of returning a week earlier with Poppas and Horace is for the exposure to the press she would receive. Carrie writes that Cressida "believed that all advertising was good." Choose one of the following topics and write a well-developed essay using detailed examples from the book and from your own life experience:
1. Compare and contrast how advertising is used today versus how it is used in the era of the Titanic's sinking.
2. Discuss the various goals of advertising and some means advertiser use to obtain those goals.
3. Should advertisers be regulated by the government? Why or why not? Use explicit examples to support your stance.
Essay Topic 3
Another aspect of art which Cather seems to explore is the idea of art for art's sake versus producing art as a means of earning a living. Choose one of the following topics and write a well-developed essay using detailed examples from the book and from your own life experience:
1. Should artists have to worry about earning a living or should they receive some sort of stipend out of public funding? Discuss your ideas fully.
2. Discuss the patronage system that has existed in the art world for centuries. Include a discussion of several famous artists who were only able to produce their art because a wealthy patron took care of their day-to-day necessities.
3. In the 21st century, many cultures subsidize artists so they can produce art without worrying about things such as food and shelter. If all artists had to make a living with their art, what sort of impact would this have on culture? Would the quality of art improve or decline? What about the quantity?
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