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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Cressida explain her melancholy to Carrie?
(a) The cloudy, grey skies makes her melancholy.
(b) The sea air always briefly makes her melancholy.
(c) The prospect of her usualy seasickness.
(d) Melancholy is a genetic trait in her family tree.

2. When Carrie last saw Cressida, to whom was Cressida married?
(a) Her first husband.
(b) Her first husband.
(c) Her third husband.
(d) She was in between husbands.

3. Of what does Poppas periodically remind the Garnet sisters?
(a) That arguments among them all could result in their financial situation changing.
(b) That Poppas is the reason for Cressida's success.
(c) That the upcoming financial market is likely to be grim because of the stock market crash.
(d) That Horace is likely to inherit all his mother's estate.

4. Who does Carrie think would remain by her side no matter how rich or poor Cressida is?
(a) Poppas.
(b) Miss Julia.
(c) Horace.
(d) Mr. Brown.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Did Bouchalka recognize Cressida in the restaurant when he was playing the violin?

2. As Cressida makes ready to marry Bouchalka, what does she do?

3. How does Bouchalka justify his actions?

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

5. What is the narrator's relationship to the famous person who is boarding the cruise ship?

(see the answer key)

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