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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a letter which Carrie discusses, what does Cressida ask of Jerome?
(a) For a divorce.
(b) For him to go away with her and live quietly where she can rest.
(c) For him to invest more wisely.
(d) For him to stop making investments and losing her money.

2. Several themes are apparent in Part 2; one theme might be what?
(a) Being a fugitive.
(b) Embezzlement.
(c) Greed.
(d) Murder.

3. What is Brown's main failing?
(a) Having many greedy relatives.
(b) Poor investments on Wall Street.
(c) Running around on Cressida.
(d) Being antisocial.

4. How does the title of this story figure in in this part of the reading of the letters?
(a) Carrie thinks that the family merely saw Cressida as a diamond mine to be exploited.
(b) That Cressida is a diamond among coal.
(c) That Cressida is cherished as precious as a diamond by her family.
(d) That Cressida's fortune resides mainly in some diamond mines in South Africa.

5. Where does Bouchalka become a regular attendee?
(a) At Cressida's on Sunday afternoons.
(b) To hear Cressida sing at the Met.
(c) At Carrie's book club meeting each month.
(d) At the New York yankees ball games.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Carrie and Henry decide to support the person is question 169?

2. Why does Cressida's third marriage fail?

3. When Cressida makes a surprise visit home during her tour, what does she find?

4. How much does Cressida's marketable property yield?

5. Who of those close to Cressida was supportive of Cressida's recent engagement?

(see the answer key)

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