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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Carrie and Drouet spend their nights after Carrie moves out of her sister's house?

2. How does Hurstwood pay for the train tickets to New York?

3. What does Sven spend most of his spare time doing when Carrie first stays with him and her sister?

4. Where does Carrie live before the book begins?

5. What does Hurstwood tell Drouet he will do about the play being put on by Drouet's group?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Drouet offer Carrie when he sees her on the street a few weeks after first meeting her on the train?

2. What excuse does Drouet give when Hurstwood finds him at lunch with a woman other than Carrie?

3. How does Carrie's sister respond to the news that Carrie has moved out of her house?

4. What does Hurstwood receive in the mail that lets him know his life is about to change dramatically?

5. What does Hurstwood tell his friends to expect from the play put on by the Masons?

6. How does Hurstwood treat Drouet when he comes to the resort after his business trip during which Hurstwood's and Carrie's affair began?

7. What comment from a friend gives Mrs. Hurstwood the idea that her husband has not been faithful to her?

8. What does Hurstwood take from the resort after receiving the letter from Carrie telling him their relationship is over?

9. What does Hurstwood try to do when Drouet meets him at the resort the night after meeting Carrie?

10. How does Carrie view her relationship with Drouet after she has lived with him for a little while?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How was this title significant to the course of this plot, and what kind of things did the title foreshadow?

Essay Topic 2

This play takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Theodore Dreiser have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

Carrie and Mrs. Vance are very similar in nature although very different in many other areas. What are some of these intrinsic differences and similarities, and what message(s) was Dreiser was trying to send with these two characters?

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