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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who of the "inner circle" is not accompanying Cressida?
(a) Cressida's personal maid who is afraid of ships.
(b) Cressida's daughter.
(c) Jerome Brown.
(d) Cressida's best friend.

2. To what does Bouchalka compare the cakes served at Cressida's home?
(a) Communion wafers.
(b) Food from his native country.
(c) Food served at Jewish seder.
(d) The cake his mother loved.

3. What is the major focus of Part 3?
(a) How Cressida meets, marries and divorces Blasius Bouchalka.
(b) The interaction of Cressida and her two sisters when they are young.
(c) The friendship of Carrie and Cressida.
(d) The relationship between Cressida and Charley.

4. What does the deck steward hand Cressida?
(a) A mint julep.
(b) An invitation to the captain's table for dinner.
(c) An envelope containing a wireless message.
(d) A gin and tonic.

5. How might one characterize Poppas?
(a) An addicted gambler.
(b) An extravagant wastrel.
(c) A man of simple habits.
(d) A dilettante.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bouchalka do when he is twenty-one?

2. In what type of restaurant does Cressida prefer to dine?

3. What disease did Cressida's first husband contract?

4. How do Horace and Miss Julia act towards Carrie?

5. Whom do Cressida's sisters blame for the failure of Cressida's second marriage?

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