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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the primary provider during Cressida's first marriage?
(a) Cressida's father.
(b) Cressida's two sisters.
(c) Cressida's husband.
(d) Cressida.

3. With what question does Horace interrupt the two women's conversation?
(a) If his mother would loan him a thousand dollars as he wants to marry.
(b) If his mother would join him for a nightcap alone.
(c) If the two women knew where Aunt Julia is.
(d) If they would like to go for a walk before retiring for the evening.

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

5. What else turns Cressida melancholy?
(a) Thinking about the death of her poodle last month.
(b) The prospect of more singing engagements in London.
(c) The fear that she will never find true love again since her first husband's death.
(d) Why an aura of sadness follows her as she journeys through life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator believe it is wise for the famous person to pose for the photographers?

2. To whom does Carrie speak shortly after the ship is underway?

3. What statement is true concerning Poppas and Cressida?

4. What is the name of Cressida's second husband?

5. What type of child was Cressida?

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