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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Cressida hope Carrie meets?
(a) Jerome.
(b) Cressida's investment advisor.
(c) The star opposite Cressida at a performance in London.
(d) The ship's surgeon who is single and handsome.

2. Of what does Cressida disapprove about her son?
(a) That he looks so much like a gangster in the way he dresses.
(b) His gambling losses.
(c) That he isn't musically inclined.
(d) His new fiance.

3. To whom does Carrie speak shortly after the ship is underway?
(a) The ship's surgeon.
(b) Horace.
(c) Poppas.
(d) The Captain.

4. 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) Whether she'd have enough food for herself and Horace.
(c) Having enough money to bury her first husband.
(d) If she and her son would be put out on the streets.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Carrie think has a sobering effect on Cressida?

2. What else turns Cressida melancholy?

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

4. Who does Carrie think would remain by her side no matter how rich or poor Cressida is?

5. What disease did Cressida's first husband contract?

(see the answer key)

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