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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who knows Cressida more than any other person?
(a) Poppas.
(b) Julia.
(c) Carrie.
(d) Charley.

2. How do Cressida's sisters and son justify their greed?
(a) That they are her ever-loyal supporters.
(b) If they don't get her money, Poppas will.
(c) That she has more than she could ever want.
(d) That they earn it by their relationship to her.

3. What does Cressida think might have been a better thing than to have married after the death of her first husband?
(a) To have lived with a female companion.
(b) To have killed herself after buying a large insurance policy for Horace.
(c) To have gone into a convent.
(d) To have just had lovers.

4. Why does Cressida think the violin player is either very poor or in some type of trouble?
(a) Because he is very gaunt.
(b) Because of his appearance.
(c) Because he asks the audience for money.
(d) Because he has a furtive expression on his face.

5. At what turn in the conversation does Bouchalka become agitated and less at ease?
(a) When Carrie mentions that Cressida would love to have more children.
(b) When Carrie mentions Cressida's first husband.
(c) When the conversation turns to music.
(d) When they talk about Germany's problems.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what do Cressida's sisters marvel?

2. Why does Cressida's third marriage fail?

3. With which opera company does Cressida have employment for a while?

4. Where does Cressida marry her second husband?

5. What is Carrie's private thought about Horace's support of Cressida?

(see the answer key)

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