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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what question does Horace interrupt the two women's conversation?
(a) If they would like to go for a walk before retiring for the evening.
(b) If the two women knew where Aunt Julia is.
(c) If his mother would loan him a thousand dollars as he wants to marry.
(d) If his mother would join him for a nightcap alone.

2. Who is the famous singer boarding a cruise ship in New York City?
(a) Cressida Garnet.
(b) Joan Bazzy.
(c) Barbara Strickland.
(d) Samantha Cocker.

3. What does Cressida think might have been a better thing than to have married after the death of her first husband?
(a) To have killed herself after buying a large insurance policy for Horace.
(b) To have lived with a female companion.
(c) To have gone into a convent.
(d) To have just had lovers.

4. What is the name of Cressida's second husband?
(a) Poppas.
(b) Ransome.
(c) Charley.
(d) Marcus.

5. Where does Cressida marry her second husband?
(a) Germany.
(b) The United States.
(c) France.
(d) Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who decides to end Cressida's third marriage?

2. What type of child was Cressida?

3. What does the deck steward hand Cressida?

4. Who does Cressida hope Carrie meets?

5. What does Jerome supposedly convey to Cressida?

Short Essay Questions

1. Of what does nights like the one Cressida and Carrie are enjoying at Central Park remind Cressida?

2. What in the events of Cressida getting to know Bouchalka might be a hint to Cressida that Bouchalka might ultimately prove an unreliable spouse?

3. What does the violin player do after his first number?

4. To whom does Cressida attribute her success and why is this partially true and partially not the full story?

5. How does Carrie describe Cressida's older brother and what do you think is the tone of that description?

6. Why do you think the sisters seem to tolerate Poppas?

7. Poppas spends his entire adult life creating one star. What do you think he gains from this dedication?

8. Describe Carrie's initial encounter with Cressida and her son and sister.

9. Why does Cressida wait to travel alone on the Titanic instead of leaving London a week earlier with Horace and Poppas?

10. How might Cressida's death on the Titanic be symbolic of her life?

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