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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first occurrence in Cressida's life that Carrie describes as a string of bad luck?
(a) The death of Cressida's mother when Cressida is six.
(b) The death of a beloved dog.
(c) The death of her husband.
(d) The suicide of her father.

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

3. What disease did Cressida's first husband contract?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Syphilis.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Tuberculosis.

4. What does Cressida do rather than argue with Horace?
(a) Tells him she has disinherited him.
(b) Tells him to go borrow from Poppas.
(c) Goes to her stateroom.
(d) Gives him another thousand dollars.

5. When Cressida makes the statement in Part II that she "very nearly escaped her destiny," of what might this be an example?
(a) Simile.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Prophesy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Several themes are apparent in Part 2; one theme might be what?

2. How does Cressida explain her sister's presence?

3. Besides Cressida, what was a common element in the demeanor of Cressida's siblings?

4. Who among Cressida's inner circle understands the source of her fortune?

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

(see the answer key)

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