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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Carrie think has a sobering effect on Cressida?
(a) Poppas.
(b) Miss Julia.
(c) Miss Lilly.
(d) Horace.

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

3. Why does Cressida's third marriage fail?
(a) Infidelity.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Lack of passion.
(d) The reason is not revealed in Part 2.

4. How does Cressida explain her sister's presence?
(a) Her sister is dying and this will be her last good time on earth.
(b) Her sister has come to expect to be able to accompany her on these types of trips.
(c) Her sister needs to manager Cressida's entourage.
(d) Her sister is good company.

5. About what does Cressida turn suddenly melancholy?
(a) Why there are few events in her life that she would choose to revisit.
(b) Cressida's upcoming birthday.
(c) Her fiance's refusal to come on the ocean voyage.
(d) Why her sisters never are supportive.

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

7. Who does Cressida hope Carrie meets?
(a) Jerome.
(b) The star opposite Cressida at a performance in London.
(c) Cressida's investment advisor.
(d) The ship's surgeon who is single and handsome.

8. What is Carrie's private thought about Horace's support of Cressida?
(a) Carrie wishes Horace were support Carrie's decision to come on the voyage.
(b) Horace is the finest son a woman could hope to have.
(c) It is all show.
(d) Horace's support can usually be easily bought.

9. When Cressida makes the statement in Part II that she "very nearly escaped her destiny," of what might this be an example?
(a) Simile.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Prophesy.
(d) Foreshadowing.

10. Why is Cressida not surprised to encounter Carrie?
(a) Because she always manages to turn up at critical periods in her life.
(b) Because Cressida had sent Carried a ticket.
(c) Because Carrie loves to travel on ships.
(d) Because Cressida's personal secretary knew Carrie booked a room.

11. Why does Julia return to her stateroom?
(a) To get a will
(b) Because the seas grow rougher and the weather colder.
(c) To change for dinner.
(d) Because Poppas insulted her.

12. What excuse does Cressida give for taking her leave of Carrie?
(a) That she has letters to write.
(b) That she needs to get ready for the night's dinner.
(c) That she is meeting with Jerome on the promenade deck.
(d) That she has to lie down before the seasickness hits.

13. What disease did Cressida's first husband contract?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) Malaria.

14. How could Cressida's approach to her career be described?
(a) Slap happy.
(b) On again/off again enthusiasm.
(c) Cold and calculating.
(d) Winsome ways and dedicated work ethic.

15. How does Cressida explain her upcoming marriage to Carrie?
(a) As something that is grounded in years of building mutual trust.
(b) As an impulsive decision of just a few months of knowing each other.
(c) As the need for Cressida to present a "normal" public face.
(d) As the desire for a man to take care of her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Miletus Poppas?

2. Why is Carrie able to spend a lot of time with Cressida over the next several days?

3. What is the narrator's name?

4. How might Cressida's health be described?

5. Of what does Poppas periodically remind the Garnet sisters?

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