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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Carrie compare Jerome Brown?
(a) Horace.
(b) Buchanan Garnet, Cressida's oldest brother.
(c) Bouchalka.
(d) Poppas.

2. Who out of all those mentioned in the will actually contributed to Cressida's fortune?
(a) Horace.
(b) Jerome.
(c) No one.
(d) Poppas.

3. What disappoints Cressida's sisters?
(a) That the jewels went to Carrie.
(b) That there wasn't more diamonds.
(c) That the fur pieces were scanty.
(d) That the jewels went to charity.

4. With whom do Carrie and Henry stand on one matter of Cressida's will?
(a) Jerome.
(b) Lilly.
(c) Poppas.
(d) Horace.

5. What is in the photograph which Poppas sends Carrie?
(a) Poppas smoking a cigar on a veranda.
(b) Poppas on a camel with a description underneath.
(c) Poppas with a woman on each arm.
(d) Poppas with Cressida on a camel.

6. How does Cressida realize she is recognized in the restaurant?
(a) Several people nod and wave at Cressida.
(b) Given the flourish with which the music begins, Cressida realizes that they have been recognized.
(c) The orchestra conductor asks Cressida to sing.
(d) The maitre'd brings a bottle of wine to the table from another customer.

7. What does Cressida tell others about why Bouchalka does not accompany her on tour in the Spring?
(a) He wants to oversee the house remodeling project.
(b) He is becoming more and more ill.
(c) His mother is dying.
(d) He is in the midst of composing.

8. What is Brown's main failing?
(a) Having many greedy relatives.
(b) Poor investments on Wall Street.
(c) Running around on Cressida.
(d) Being antisocial.

9. Who does not sail back to the States with Cressida, having gone on ahead a week earlier?
(a) Jerome.
(b) Julia and Lilly.
(c) Carrie.
(d) Poppas and Horace.

10. What does Cressida say she is doing?
(a) Buying a good marriage.
(b) Having the time of her life.
(c) Keeping Brown out of jail.
(d) Making investments to save investments.

11. Why does Cressida want Carrie to come to Cressida's house on Sunday?
(a) To meet Cressida's new manager.
(b) To meet Bouchalka who will be coming there on Sunday.
(c) So Carrie can help Cressida pick out new colors for the guest room.
(d) To have Sunday dinner when the priest comes over.

12. How does Jerome Brown obtain money for his investments?
(a) Embezzlement.
(b) An inheritance from his family.
(c) Cressida.
(d) Government grants.

13. Why does Cressida take Bouchalka aside to converse with him?
(a) Because he is clearly ill at ease among her other guests.
(b) So that she can make the man she is currently jealous.
(c) Because she wishes to flirt with him.
(d) Because he asks to speak to her privately.

14. What suggests that the violin player is either overly excited or dramatic?
(a) His gestures.
(b) His face is sweaty.
(c) His actions and he is wearing tight clothes.
(d) He is walking all over the stage.

15. How does Bouchalka explain Cressida's discovery?
(a) He was quite drunk, that the affair was meaningless, and that nothing like that had ever happened before.
(b) That he could not longer be a kept man.
(c) That he wanted to surprise her with the opera when she returned.
(d) That he didn't want to contact her and have her worry about his health.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the two women evaluate the duet between the pianist and violin player?

2. What does Bouchalka do when he is twenty-one?

3. What is the major focus of Part 3?

4. To where does Poppas move?

5. How does Carrie describe the violin player?

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