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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides her accompanist, what else is Poppas to Cressida?
(a) Her coach.
(b) Her lover.
(c) Her mentor.
(d) Her conscience.

2. How does Cressida explain her upcoming marriage to Carrie?
(a) As something that is grounded in years of building mutual trust.
(b) As an impulsive decision of just a few months of knowing each other.
(c) As the desire for a man to take care of her.
(d) As the need for Cressida to present a "normal" public face.

3. With which opera company does Cressida have employment for a while?
(a) Metropolitan.
(b) Classical.
(c) English Touring.
(d) Dutches.

4. On the next visit to the restaurant where Carrie and Cressida first saw Bouchalka, what do they learn?
(a) He was fired and no longer working at the restaurant.
(b) His name wasn't really Bouchalka.
(c) He had died from the illness which made him rush off from Cressida's home.
(d) He set sail back to Austria.

5. Who among Cressida's inner circle understands the source of her fortune?
(a) Horace.
(b) Julia.
(c) Poppas.
(d) Lilly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Poppas think of what Bouchalka sends Cressida?

2. How might Cressida's health be described?

3. What excuse does Cressida give for taking her leave of Carrie?

4. Who is the primary provider during Cressida's first marriage?

5. Why do Carrie and Cressida send the carriage home?

(see the answer key)

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