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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. How does Carrie view the relationship between Cressida and Poppas?
(a) Strictly as employer- employee.
(b) Poppas as a father figure.
(c) Part teacher, part lover.
(d) That of pupil and teacher.

2. Of what does Cressida disapprove about her son?
(a) His gambling losses.
(b) That he isn't musically inclined.
(c) That he looks so much like a gangster in the way he dresses.
(d) His new fiance.

3. Besides Cressida's wealth, what else do Cressida's sisters covet?
(a) Her perseverance.
(b) Her handsome husband-to-be.
(c) The way the public dote on her.
(d) Her wonderful son.

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

5. Who despise(s) Poppas?
(a) Cressida's sisters.
(b) Cressida's future husband.
(c) The general public.
(d) Horace's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who of those close to Cressida was supportive of Cressida's recent engagement?

2. Who is jealous of Cressida's success?

3. Who does Carrie think would remain by her side no matter how rich or poor Cressida is?

4. Upon what does Poppas' retirement hinge?

5. When Cressida makes the statement in Part II that she "very nearly escaped her destiny," of what might this be an example?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Charley Wilton and what is his relationship with Cressida?

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

3. Why do you think Cressida would have chosen an accompanist and teacher over her marriage?

4. What is Cressida's estimation of the violin player?

5. Cressida makes the following comment when talking about Jerome to Carrie: "'Why is it? I have never cared about money, except to make people happy with it, and it has been the curse of my life. It has spoiled all my relations with people.'" Why do you think that if Cressida realizes that this statement is true, she continues to support her family and husbands?

6. Describe the relationship between Poppas and Cressida's sisters.

7. Does the narrator seem to indicate that Cressida and Poppas understand what the two have given each other?

8. Who is not traveling with Cressida and what is one possible explanation for that?

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

10. Describe a little about the relationship between Cressida and her two sisters.

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