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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does Cressida become enchanted?
(a) The cello playing.
(b) The violin playing.
(c) The trumpet playing.
(d) The conductor.

2. What does Cressida do rather than argue with Horace?
(a) Goes to her stateroom.
(b) Tells him to go borrow from Poppas.
(c) Gives him another thousand dollars.
(d) Tells him she has disinherited him.

3. What does Carrie realize about the group with whom Cressida travels?
(a) That there is only one woman among them.
(b) How much they adore Cressida.
(c) How intricately attached each of them is to Cressida.
(d) That they are like sharks circling.

4. Where does Bouchalka study music?
(a) In Paris.
(b) At a monastery.
(c) On his own with no teacher.
(d) At Julliard.

5. The fact that Cressida's third marriage is mentioned in passing, but not elaborated upon may be an example of what?
(a) Simile.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Incompetent writing.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jerome Brown?

2. Who among Cressida's inner circle understands the source of her fortune?

3. With what question does Horace interrupt the two women's conversation?

4. What terms do Cressida's sisters use to characterize her break from McChord?

5. What suggests that the violin player is either overly excited or dramatic?

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