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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Cressida once worry about when she was broke?
(a) If she would be able to afford a gown to apply for a part on Broadway.
(b) If she and her son would be put out on the streets.
(c) Whether she'd have enough food for herself and Horace.
(d) Having enough money to bury her first husband.

2. Upon what does Poppas' retirement hinge?
(a) If he does well in the stock market.
(b) If his wife will go with him.
(c) When Cressida decides she no longer needs his services.
(d) If his ailment worsens.

3. Besides Cressida, what was a common element in the demeanor of Cressida's siblings?
(a) They were condescending.
(b) They felt they were owed something.
(c) They acted like they were continually abused.
(d) They were eager and joyful in their lives.

4. What does Jerome supposedly convey to Cressida?
(a) The sense that he is eager to greet her in London.
(b) A secret code to give to some men in London.
(c) Information he had forgotten to tell her before she departed.
(d) His engagement of a private dining room on the ship.

5. What is the narrator's name?
(a) Suzanne.
(b) Miffy.
(c) Carrie.
(d) Chessy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Cressida's sisters and son justify their greed?

2. How does Cressida explain her upcoming marriage to Carrie?

3. What does Cressida do rather than argue with Horace?

4. How could Poppas be described in relation to Cressida in a non-professional context?

5. How does Cressida explain her melancholy to Carrie?

(see the answer key)

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