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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prompts Carrie to write this story?
(a) Carrie's sorrow over the loss of her best friend.
(b) Cressida's photograph which is trashed among other stuff her family does not want.
(c) Poppas' memories and his recent letter.
(d) The desire to make some money selling the story.

2. What is Jerome Brown's occupation?
(a) Financier.
(b) Sea captain.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Lawyer.

3. Why do Carrie and Cressida send the carriage home?
(a) Because the driver insults them.
(b) Because one of the horses appears lame.
(c) They did not send the carriage home as the carriage never shows up.
(d) Because it's a lovely day and they want to stay out later.

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

5. What about Jerome Brown does Cressida feel fortunate?
(a) That he loves her.
(b) That he is at least extraordinarily good looking.
(c) That he is not using her money in his investment schemes.
(d) That he gets along well with Poppas.

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

7. In what type of restaurant does Cressida prefer to dine?
(a) One that is small and expensive.
(b) A restaurant where celebrities gather.
(c) Where she will be recognized and treated like a prima donna.
(d) One in which fewer people will recognize her.

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

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

10. How does the title of this story figure in in this part of the reading of the letters?
(a) Carrie thinks that the family merely saw Cressida as a diamond mine to be exploited.
(b) That Cressida is cherished as precious as a diamond by her family.
(c) That Cressida is a diamond among coal.
(d) That Cressida's fortune resides mainly in some diamond mines in South Africa.

11. 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 interaction of Cressida and her two sisters when they are young.
(d) The relationship between Cressida and Charley.

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

13. How long does it seem to Carrie that Bouchalka has been at Cressida's house when Carrie arrives on her next visit?
(a) Bouchalka has not yet arrived.
(b) For quite some time.
(c) For only a minute or so ahead of Carrie.
(d) Bouchalka left the day before on an emergency to Germany.

14. To where does Poppas move?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Rangoon.
(c) His city in Asia.
(d) London.

15. 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 fires Poppas.
(d) She resigns her job at the Met.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Cressida become enchanted?

2. Why does Bouchalka rush off from Cressida's party?

3. Why does Cressida go to England?

4. Where are Carrie and Cressida at the opening of Part 3?

5. In a letter which Carrie discusses, what does Cressida ask of Jerome?

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