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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Poppas view his success?
(a) That he deserves success in putting up with Cressida.
(b) That it has no meaning in the grand game of life.
(c) That his success is a direct result of Cressida's hard work.
(d) That it is not enough.

2. What does Jerome supposedly convey to Cressida?
(a) The sense that he is eager to greet her in London.
(b) Information he had forgotten to tell her before she departed.
(c) His engagement of a private dining room on the ship.
(d) A secret code to give to some men in London.

3. Whom does Carrie think has a sobering effect on Cressida?
(a) Poppas.
(b) Horace.
(c) Miss Lilly.
(d) Miss Julia.

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

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

6. What is Cressida's response to what the deck steward hands her?
(a) She asks if the Kentucky Derby is over.
(b) She is flustered.
(c) She gulps it down.
(d) She nods acceptance.

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

8. How could Cressida's approach to her career be described?
(a) Winsome ways and dedicated work ethic.
(b) Cold and calculating.
(c) On again/off again enthusiasm.
(d) Slap happy.

9. Who of Cressida's husbands was a music teacher and choir director?
(a) Her first husband.
(b) Her third husband.
(c) None of her husbands.
(d) Her second husband.

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

11. How do Carrie and Cressida first meet?
(a) When their husbands were stationed together in the navy.
(b) As college roommates.
(c) In their freshman year of high school.
(d) In grammar school in their hometown of Columbus, Ohio.

12. Who despise(s) Poppas?
(a) Cressida's sisters.
(b) Horace's father.
(c) Cressida's future husband.
(d) The general public.

13. At what do Cressida's sisters marvel?
(a) At Cressida being able to go through her life "untouched by the breath of scandal."
(b) At Cressida's success in the entertainment world.
(c) At the fact that Cressida raised Horace as a single woman.
(d) At Cressida's exceeding generosity.

14. What type of child was Cressida?
(a) An engaging, happy child.
(b) An extremely intelligent child.
(c) An aloof, fearful child.
(d) A lonely, shy child.

15. The fact that Cressida's third marriage is mentioned in passing, but not elaborated upon may be an example of what?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Incompetent writing.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Simile.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Cressida think her sisters view her?

2. To whom does Cressida unilaterally credit for her success?

3. Besides Cressida's wealth, what else do Cressida's sisters covet?

4. Over whom does Cressida choose Poppas?

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

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