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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Carrie hesitant to leave Drouet and run away with Hurstwood?
(a) She has been so happy with her situation.
(b) She likes being loved by two men.
(c) Hurstwood is older than Drouet.
(d) She still has feelings for him.

2. Why does Hurstwood not care about Carrie's relationship with Drouet as he begins to pursue her?
(a) He loves Carrie too much to care.
(b) He does not like Drouet.
(c) He sees Drouet with other women.
(d) He is more successful than Drouet.

3. What kind of seat does Hurstwood purchase for himself at the play?
(a) Front row.
(b) He does not buy a seat.
(c) Balcony.
(d) Box seat.

4. What does Drouet do on his business trips that is revolting to Carrie?
(a) Lounges in bed all day.
(b) Gambles.
(c) Sleeps with other women.
(d) Drinks excessively.

5. What causes the actors in the play to be jealous of Carrie?
(a) Her beauty.
(b) Her way with people.
(c) Her natural talent.
(d) The admiration she receives.

6. Carrie tells Drouet that Hurstwood visited her how many times when they began their affair while Drouet was away on his business trip?
(a) Twice.
(b) Three Times.
(c) Once.
(d) Four times.

7. What does Hurstwood suggest to Carrie that they do the day after her success in the play?
(a) Enroll her in a school for actors.
(b) Run away together.
(c) Stop seeing each other.
(d) Get an apartment together.

8. Why does Carrie not buy a jacket with the money Drouet gave her?
(a) She wants to save it for a nicer coat.
(b) She wants to repay her sister for missed rent.
(c) She wants to buy something else.
(d) She does not want her sister to ask where she got the money.

9. What does Drouet talk to Hurstwood about the night after he meets Carrie?
(a) Business.
(b) Women.
(c) Carrie.
(d) Books.

10. What does Drouet discuss with Carrie the morning after her success in the play?
(a) Marriage.
(b) His finances.
(c) His suspicion about Hurstwood.
(d) A vacation.

11. Where is Carrie told she must go to pursue her chosen line of work?
(a) New York.
(b) College.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) The theater district.

12. Why is Carrie afraid to leave the situation with Drouet even though she knows that it compromises her moral virtue?
(a) Drouet has threatened her.
(b) She is too attached to all the fine things Drouet has bought for her.
(c) She thinks her family will not accept her now.
(d) She is in love with Drouet, and fears he will find someone else if she leaves.

13. Why can't the audience hear Carrie in the play?
(a) The acoustics are bad.
(b) Too many actors in front of her.
(c) People are talking too much.
(d) Her voice is too low.

14. How does Hurstwood get Carrie to come with him after receiving the letter telling him that their relationship is over?
(a) He shows her his divorce papers.
(b) He promises to take her to New York.
(c) He tells her Drouet is injured.
(d) He showers her with gifts.

15. What does Carrie do with Mrs. Hale that makes her very depressed?
(a) Sees Drouet at dinner with another woman.
(b) Goes to a very sad play.
(c) Speaks about all the things they wish they had.
(d) Goes on a carriage ride through a luxurious area of town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hurstwood do when Carrie suspects Hurstwood's motives for getting her on the train?

2. Why does Drouet beg Carrie not to move out of his apartment?

3. Where is the first place in Chicago that Carrie goes to find work?

4. What does Carrie's first job in Chicago entail?

5. Why does Hurstwood not want to divorce his wife even though he loves Carrie?

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