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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. Who are two relatives accompanying the famous singer?
(a) Miss Julia, her sister, and Harold, her son.
(b) Miss Jillian, her sister, and Horace, her son.
(c) Miss Julia, her sister, and Homer, her son.
(d) Miss Julia, her sister, and Horace, her son.

2. What is Carrie's private thought about Horace's support of Cressida?
(a) Horace's support can usually be easily bought.
(b) Carrie wishes Horace were support Carrie's decision to come on the voyage.
(c) It is all show.
(d) Horace is the finest son a woman could hope to have.

3. What is the first occurrence in Cressida's life that Carrie describes as a string of bad luck?
(a) The death of her husband.
(b) The death of Cressida's mother when Cressida is six.
(c) The death of a beloved dog.
(d) The suicide of her father.

4. Who does Carrie think would remain by her side no matter how rich or poor Cressida is?
(a) Poppas.
(b) Mr. Brown.
(c) Horace.
(d) Miss Julia.

5. What is a word Cassie uses to describe Cressida's approach to her work?
(a) Certainty.
(b) Hesitance.
(c) Obnoxiousness.
(d) Languor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides Cressida, what was a common element in the demeanor of Cressida's siblings?

2. Who does Cressida hope Carrie meets?

3. Who is the famous singer boarding a cruise ship in New York City?

4. A second theme apparent in Part 2 might be what?

5. Over whom does Cressida choose Poppas?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Carrie evaluate Jerome's effect on Cressida? Carrie uses the word "rapacious" to describe his actions, what does this word mean in the context of Jerome Brown as a financier?

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

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

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

6. How do Cressida's sisters act about what they receive?

7. Why does Cressida go to England and does she accomplish what she wants to there?

8. Do you believe that Cressida's family would have been happy just to have Cressida's love and good wishes rather than her money?

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

10. What are some facts which Cressida learns about Bouchalka on her Sunday gathering? Is there anything in what Cressida relates to Carrie about Bouchalka that seems to foreshadow the eventual failure of his marriage to Cressida?

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