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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 Cressida explain her upcoming marriage to Carrie?
(a) As something that is grounded in years of building mutual trust.
(b) As the desire for a man to take care of her.
(c) As the need for Cressida to present a "normal" public face.
(d) As an impulsive decision of just a few months of knowing each other.

2. Who of Cressida's husbands was a music teacher and choir director?
(a) Her first husband.
(b) None of her husbands.
(c) Her second husband.
(d) Her third husband.

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

4. When Carrie last saw Cressida, to whom was Cressida married?
(a) She was in between husbands.
(b) Her third husband.
(c) Her first husband.
(d) Her first husband.

5. Where do Cressida's two sisters want to live?
(a) In their hometown in Ohio.
(b) In Paris.
(c) In New York City with Cressida.
(d) In London.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who knows Cressida more than any other person?

2. There was a period in Cressida's life when she nearly did what?

3. What does Cressida think might have been a better thing than to have married after the death of her first husband?

4. As Cressida walks toward her stateroom, who does she encounter?

5. What is probably the most positive emotion that exists between Poppas and Julie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Cressida's initial impression of the violin player (Bouchalka) at the little restaurant where Carrie and she are eating.

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

3. When Carrie mentions Cressida's engagement, what is Cressida's response?

4. What is one possible explanation of the perfunctory greeting from Horace and Miss Julia to Carrie?

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

6. Who is the main character featured at the opening of the novel and what is her situation?

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

8. Give a brief synopsis of what the reader knows about Cressida's marriages by the end of part one.

9. What is foreshadowed in the last paragraphs of Part II?

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

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