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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Cressida confide to Carrie concerning Cressida's fortune?
2. To whom does Carrie compare Jerome Brown?
3. What does Cressida say she is doing?
4. To whom does Cressida write a note to express her pleasure at the performance in the restaurant?
5. What does Cressida tell others about why Bouchalka does not accompany her on tour in the Spring?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The narrator, Carrie, is also one of the executors of Cressida's will. She describes a series of letters which Cressida's family produces to argue that Poppas should not receive his 50,000 dollar bequest. Answer the following questions in a well-developed essay using detailed examples from the book and from your own life experience:
1. Describe the content of each letter mentioned.
2. If you were Carrie, what would you think of these letters?
3. Would you feel the letters justifies not awarding the bequest to Poppas?
4. Would you want others to see letters such as these that were about you and your relationship to a generous relative?
Essay Topic 2
Cather ends the story with a quote in German. Choose one of the following topics and write a well-developed essay using detailed examples from the book and from your own life experience:
1. Find a translation of the quote on the Internet or ask a German-speaking person to translate it and then write an essay as to how that quote is or is not relevant to your life.
2. Find a translation of the quote on the Internet or ask a German-speaking person to translate it and then write an essay as to how that quote illustrates the major theme of this story.
3. After translating this quote via the Internet or other means, write an essay as to whether you think this is the best quote with which to end this story. Explain. Come up with an alternate quote that you think is as relevant or more relevant and explain why you think this way.
Essay Topic 3
While Carrie and Cressida are chatting, Cressida says, "'It may mean that I still belong to the future more than to
the past, do you think?'" Knowing that Cressida's future turns out to be a watery grave on the bottom of the ocean, this passage could be considered an example of irony. Answer the following questions in a well-developed essay using detailed examples from the book and from your own life experience:
1. Define the word irony and give examples of it from your own life.
2. How does the use of irony enhance this story and literature in general?
3. There is a literary term called "dramatic irony." Define this term and see if you can find any instances of it in this story. Can you name other books or movies where you have encountered a dramatic ironic situation?
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