View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Cressida turn suddenly melancholy?
(a) Her fiance's refusal to come on the ocean voyage.
(b) Why there are few events in her life that she would choose to revisit.
(c) Why her sisters never are supportive.
(d) Cressida's upcoming birthday.

2. How does Cressida think her sisters view her?
(a) As a bit of an airhead.
(b) As a fountain of wealth.
(c) As an angel from heaven.
(d) As a greedy woman who has amassed a fortune.

3. Of what does Poppas periodically remind the Garnet sisters?
(a) That Horace is likely to inherit all his mother's estate.
(b) That arguments among them all could result in their financial situation changing.
(c) That the upcoming financial market is likely to be grim because of the stock market crash.
(d) That Poppas is the reason for Cressida's success.

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

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

6. Who does Carrie think would remain by her side no matter how rich or poor Cressida is?
(a) Miss Julia.
(b) Horace.
(c) Poppas.
(d) Mr. Brown.

7. What drives a wedge between the sisters and Poppas?
(a) Poppas's not allowing both sisters to come to New York.
(b) Cressida favoring Poppas over the sisters.
(c) Their distrust.
(d) Poppas's cruelty to the sisters.

8. Who among Cressida's inner circle understands the source of her fortune?
(a) Poppas.
(b) Lilly.
(c) Horace.
(d) Julia.

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

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

11. What is the narrator's name?
(a) Carrie.
(b) Suzanne.
(c) Miffy.
(d) Chessy.

12. As Cressida walks toward her stateroom, who does she encounter?
(a) Horace and Poppas.
(b) The deck steward with another drink.
(c) Jerome and the Captain.
(d) Horace, Miss Julia, and Poppas.

13. What is probably the most positive emotion that exists between Poppas and Julie?
(a) Tolerance.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Appreciation.
(d) Hatred.

14. From where is Cressida's family originally?
(a) New York.
(b) Northern Ireland.
(c) California.
(d) North Carolina.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cressida think might have been a better thing than to have married after the death of her first husband?

2. How do Carrie and Cressida first meet?

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

4. How does Poppas view his success?

5. How does Cressida explain her melancholy to Carrie?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 592 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample