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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Jerome Brown?
(a) Cressida's other son.
(b) Cressida's sixth husband.
(c) Cressida's brother-in-law.
(d) Cressida's current fiance.

2. What follows quickly after Cressida's discovery?
(a) Bouchalka dies.
(b) She convinces him to return home.
(c) A divorce.
(d) She performs the opera at the Met.

3. What in Cressida's life had scandalous potential?
(a) The fact that Horace does not resemble his alleged father.
(b) Cressida's relationship with Poppas.
(c) The rumor that she has had affairs with women as well as men.
(d) The numerous lovers Cressida has while married.

4. In what type of restaurant does Cressida prefer to dine?
(a) One that is small and expensive.
(b) A restaurant where celebrities gather.
(c) One in which fewer people will recognize her.
(d) Where she will be recognized and treated like a prima donna.

5. How could Poppas be described in relation to Cressida in a non-professional context?
(a) Someone who wants only a professional relationship and nothing more.
(b) A true and loyal friend.
(c) A gossip.
(d) A con man.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bouchalka justify his actions?

2. What is the narrator's relationship to the famous person who is boarding the cruise ship?

3. How does Cressida's trust in and loyalty to Poppas reflect some other aspect in her life?

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

5. Why does Cressida take Bouchalka aside to converse with him?

(see the answer key)

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