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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. Who does Carrie ask to live with her after finding great success on stage?
2. What does Carrie envy in the other girls that she works with in her first job in New York?
3. Who protects Hurstwood from the angry strikers at the end of his first day driving the trolley?
4. What does Hurstwood do after angry strikers at the trolley station attack him?
5. Who does Hurstwood see in the lobby of the hotel that makes him incredibly nervous?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Carrie's second job in New York?
2. Why does Carrie not get to spend any of Hurstwood's extra money on new clothing for herself?
3. What is Carrie doing at the end of the book?
4. What makes Carrie feel less guilt about leaving Hurstwood the way she did?
5. While looking for an acting job in New York, what does Carrie learn she must have in order to succeed?
6. What awakens Carrie's desires to have the luxuries of life just after she is married to Hurstwood?
7. What does Hurstwood do to help reduce costs when he stops looking for work?
8. What is so strange about the marriage between Carrie and Hurstwood?
9. Why does Carrie say she does not date after finding so much success on stage?
10. How does Hurstwood respond to the news of Carrie's theatrical success?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
How was this title significant to the course of this plot, and what kind of things did the title foreshadow?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the different phases of the relationship between Carrie and Hurstwood and how they affected the course of the plot for the other characters around them.
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