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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is named executors of Cressida's will?
(a) Jerome Brown.
(b) Henry Gilbert and Carrie.
(c) Poppas.
(d) Horace.

2. Why is the violin player rummaging through a pile of papers?
(a) Because he forgot his music.
(b) Because he wants to write Cressida a note.
(c) Because the conductor asks the violin player for his resignation.
(d) Because he wanted to find a piece of music he wrote.

3. Where does Cressida marry her second husband?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) The United States.
(d) Russia.

4. What follows quickly after Cressida's discovery?
(a) Bouchalka dies.
(b) A divorce.
(c) She performs the opera at the Met.
(d) She convinces him to return home.

5. From what ailment does Poppas suffer?
(a) Facial neuralgia.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Arthritis.
(d) The bends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do those who contest the bequest show for evidence?

2. What is the narrator's relationship to the famous person who is boarding the cruise ship?

3. Why does Cressida think the violin player is either very poor or in some type of trouble?

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

5. How long does it seem to Carrie that Bouchalka has been at Cressida's house when Carrie arrives on her next visit?

(see the answer key)

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