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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Jerome Brown's occupation?
2. In what ways does Cressida help Bouchalka?
3. About whom is the narrating talking at the beginning of Part 4?
4. How does Cressida realize she is recognized in the restaurant?
5. As Cressida makes ready to marry Bouchalka, what does she do?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The narrator, Carrie, is also one of the executors of Cressida's will. She describes a series of letters which Cressida's family produces to argue that Poppas should not receive his 50,000 dollar bequest. Answer the following questions in a well-developed essay using detailed examples from the book and from your own life experience:
1. Describe the content of each letter mentioned.
2. If you were Carrie, what would you think of these letters?
3. Would you feel the letters justifies not awarding the bequest to Poppas?
4. Would you want others to see letters such as these that were about you and your relationship to a generous relative?
Essay Topic 2
The story opens with Cressida on an ocean voyage and ends with her death also while on an ocean voyage. Answer the following questions in a well-developed essay using detailed examples from the book and from your own life experience:
1. Why do you think Ms Cather chooses to frame or book end the story with ocean voyages?
2. Compare and contrast the two ocean voyages and possible symbolic meanings of each.
3. Do you think it appropriate that Cressida dies on the Titanic? Why or Why not?
Essay Topic 3
An entire section of this story is devoted to an in-depth accounting of Cressida's relationship with Bouchalka, the Bohemian. Answer the following questions in a well-developed essay using detailed examples from the book and from your own life experience:
1. Briefly describe how Cressida meets Bouchalka and the development of their romance.
2. Does Bouchalka seem totally devoted to composing when he is first described? Why or why not?
3. Why do you think Bouchalka lost his motivation to compose once he was no longer "hungry"?
4. Do you think Bouchalka would have continued his career as an excellent composer if he had not become a "kept" man?
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