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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what question does Horace interrupt the two women's conversation?
(a) If the two women knew where Aunt Julia is.
(b) If they would like to go for a walk before retiring for the evening.
(c) If his mother would join him for a nightcap alone.
(d) If his mother would loan him a thousand dollars as he wants to marry.

2. What does Cressida do when she spies Carrie?
(a) Yells at her angrily about a suitcase mix-up.
(b) Turns away and pretends not to see her.
(c) Waves at her from where she is lying on a deck lounger.
(d) Rises and greets her warmly.

3. Why do Carrie and Cressida walk away together?
(a) So the photographers can't find them.
(b) To have a sexual liaison.
(c) So they can talk privately.
(d) To go make arrangements to walk Cressida's dog.

4. From what ailment does Poppas suffer?
(a) Facial neuralgia.
(b) The bends.
(c) Arthritis.
(d) Consumption.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the deck steward hand Cressida?

2. Who is jealous of Cressida's success?

3. How does Cressida think her sisters view her?

4. To whom does Carrie speak shortly after the ship is underway?

5. What excuse does Cressida give for taking her leave of Carrie?

(see the answer key)

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