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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the primary provider during Cressida's first marriage?
(a) Cressida's father.
(b) Cressida's two sisters.
(c) Cressida's husband.
(d) Cressida.

2. How does Cressida think her sisters view her?
(a) As a greedy woman who has amassed a fortune.
(b) As a bit of an airhead.
(c) As a fountain of wealth.
(d) As an angel from heaven.

3. What did Cressida once worry about when she was broke?
(a) If she and her son would be put out on the streets.
(b) If she would be able to afford a gown to apply for a part on Broadway.
(c) Having enough money to bury her first husband.
(d) Whether she'd have enough food for herself and Horace.

4. What else turns Cressida melancholy?
(a) Thinking about the death of her poodle last month.
(b) The prospect of more singing engagements in London.
(c) The fear that she will never find true love again since her first husband's death.
(d) Why an aura of sadness follows her as she journeys through life.

5. What does Carrie realize about the group with whom Cressida travels?
(a) How intricately attached each of them is to Cressida.
(b) That they are like sharks circling.
(c) How much they adore Cressida.
(d) That there is only one woman among them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Cressida's two sisters want to live?

2. What does Cressida think might have been a better thing than to have married after the death of her first husband?

3. Upon what does Poppas' retirement hinge?

4. Of what does Cressida disapprove about her son?

5. Besides Cressida's wealth, what else do Cressida's sisters covet?

(see the answer key)

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