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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) That of pupil and teacher.
(b) Part teacher, part lover.
(c) Poppas as a father figure.
(d) Strictly as employer- employee.

2. How might one characterize Poppas?
(a) A dilettante.
(b) An addicted gambler.
(c) An extravagant wastrel.
(d) A man of simple habits.

3. How might Cressida's health be described?
(a) Mediocre.
(b) Uncertain.
(c) Sound.
(d) Sickly.

4. Who of the "inner circle" is not accompanying Cressida?
(a) Cressida's best friend.
(b) Cressida's daughter.
(c) Jerome Brown.
(d) Cressida's personal maid who is afraid of ships.

5. What drives a wedge between the sisters and Poppas?
(a) Poppas's cruelty to the sisters.
(b) Poppas's not allowing both sisters to come to New York.
(c) Cressida favoring Poppas over the sisters.
(d) Their distrust.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Cressida ask Carrie if she has visited lately?

3. What is Cressida's response to what the deck steward hands her?

4. What does the deck steward hand Cressida?

5. What does Cressida do when she spies Carrie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how the conversation between Cressida and Carrie lapses into a bit of melancholy.

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

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

4. How does the last paragraphs about the photograph Poppas sends reflect an important theme of this story?

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

6. What could be a possible explanation for the reactions to the engagement by Cressida's family?

7. How does Carrie learn of Cressida's upcoming performances in London?

8. Do you believe Poppas deserves to receive the fifty-thousand dollar bequest from Cressida's estate?

9. What is thought about the musical score which Bouchalka has sent to Cressida?

10. Why does the narrator believe managers often choose Cressida over other more talented stars?

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