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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cressida say she would have done about marrying her first husband had she known he would die so soon after?
(a) Should would have not even become acquainted with him.
(b) She would have just been lovers with him.
(c) She would have married him anyway.
(d) She does not know how she would feel.

2. Where does Bouchalka become a regular attendee?
(a) At the New York yankees ball games.
(b) To hear Cressida sing at the Met.
(c) At Carrie's book club meeting each month.
(d) At Cressida's on Sunday afternoons.

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

4. To what does Bouchalka compare the cakes served at Cressida's home?
(a) Food from his native country.
(b) Food served at Jewish seder.
(c) Communion wafers.
(d) The cake his mother loved.

5. When Cressida makes a surprise visit home during her tour, what does she find?
(a) Bouchalka has finished a marvelous opera.
(b) Bouchalka has moved out of the home.
(c) Bouchalka having sex with the cook.
(d) Bouchalka near death with the flu.

6. What is Henry Gilbert's occupation?
(a) A CEO.
(b) A physician.
(c) A financier.
(d) A lawyer.

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

8. Why does Carrie think Bouchalka is less driven now in his work?
(a) He has it so easy.
(b) He is having an affair.
(c) He is going to die on her just like her first husband did.
(d) He has decided he hates music.

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

10. What is the major focus of Part 3?
(a) The friendship of Carrie and Cressida.
(b) How Cressida meets, marries and divorces Blasius Bouchalka.
(c) The relationship between Cressida and Charley.
(d) The interaction of Cressida and her two sisters when they are young.

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

12. How do the two women evaluate the duet between the pianist and violin player?
(a) As mediocre.
(b) As too bright and fast for dinnertime music.
(c) As off key slightly.
(d) As brilliant.

13. At what turn in the conversation does Bouchalka become agitated and less at ease?
(a) When the conversation turns to music.
(b) When Carrie mentions that Cressida would love to have more children.
(c) When they talk about Germany's problems.
(d) When Carrie mentions Cressida's first husband.

14. As Cressida makes ready to marry Bouchalka, what does she do?
(a) She takes care to ensure that the needs of the other people in her life are addressed.
(b) She goes to a gypsy medium to see if it's the right thing for her to do.
(c) She resigns her job at the Met.
(d) She fires Poppas.

15. Where does Bouchalka study music?
(a) At a monastery.
(b) At Julliard.
(c) In Paris.
(d) On his own with no teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the next visit to the restaurant where Carrie and Cressida first saw Bouchalka, what do they learn?

2. Why does Cressida go to England?

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

4. In what ways does Cressida help Bouchalka?

5. Who out of all those mentioned in the will actually contributed to Cressida's fortune?

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