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

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) His gambling losses.
(c) His new fiance.
(d) That he isn't musically inclined.

2. With which opera company does Cressida have employment for a while?
(a) Dutches.
(b) English Touring.
(c) Classical.
(d) Metropolitan.

3. How do Horace and Miss Julia act towards Carrie?
(a) They begin excitedly talking to her.
(b) They get up and hug her.
(c) They only offer perfunctory greetings.
(d) They openly snub her.

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

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

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

7. What is Carrie's private thought about Horace's support of Cressida?
(a) It is all show.
(b) Horace's support can usually be easily bought.
(c) Carrie wishes Horace were support Carrie's decision to come on the voyage.
(d) Horace is the finest son a woman could hope to have.

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

9. A second theme apparent in Part 2 might be what?
(a) Unions are not good for entertainers.
(b) Entertainers are better than others.
(c) Loyalty.
(d) Spirituality.

10. When Carrie last saw Cressida, to whom was Cressida married?
(a) She was in between husbands.
(b) Her first husband.
(c) Her third husband.
(d) Her first husband.

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

12. Whom do Cressida's sisters blame for the failure of Cressida's second marriage?
(a) Poppas.
(b) Cressida.
(c) Horace.
(d) Carrie.

13. How does Cressida explain her upcoming marriage to Carrie?
(a) As the desire for a man to take care of her.
(b) As something that is grounded in years of building mutual trust.
(c) As the need for Cressida to present a "normal" public face.
(d) As an impulsive decision of just a few months of knowing each other.

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

15. Where does Cressida ask Carrie if she has visited lately?
(a) Columbus.
(b) Paris.
(c) Milan.
(d) San Francisco.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the famous singer boarding a cruise ship in New York City?

2. To what party is Cressida's father devoted?

3. What type of child was Cressida?

4. How does Cressida think her sisters view her?

5. From where is Cressida's family originally?

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