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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. Why does Carrie not buy a jacket with the money Drouet gave her?

2. Who catches Drouet with another woman?

3. What does Drouet talk to Hurstwood about the night after he meets Carrie?

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

5. What surprising news does Drouet tell Carrie about Hurstwood when he confronts her about their affair together?

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

3. Why is Carrie so afraid to go back to her sister's house after Drouet buys her some winter things?

4. Why does Hurstwood decide to try to work out the drama with his wife the day after he storms out of his house?

5. What kind of woman does Drouet tell Carrie he would rather be with as their relationship begins to change?

6. How does Hurstwood react when Drouet tells him about the play being put on by his group?

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

8. Why was Carrie moving to Chicago at the beginning of the book?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this book?

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