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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Cressida's third husband?
(a) Blasius Bouchalka.
(b) Mandrake Issner.
(c) Persius Plyt.
(d) Blane Butcher.

2. What is probably the most positive emotion that exists between Poppas and Julie?
(a) Appreciation.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Tolerance.
(d) Indifference.

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

4. Why does the narrator believe it is wise for the famous person to pose for the photographers?
(a) It documents her as being on the ship in case something happens.
(b) The photographers can find her more work.
(c) It is free publicity.
(d) Because the person needs the favor of the press because of her age and marital history.

5. 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 desire for a man to take care of her.
(d) As the need for Cressida to present a "normal" public face.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a word Cassie uses to describe Cressida's approach to her work?

2. Who is the famous singer boarding a cruise ship in New York City?

3. What does the deck steward hand Cressida?

4. Who is Miletus Poppas?

5. How does Cressida's trust in and loyalty to Poppas reflect some other aspect in her life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator say about Poppas's talents?

2. As time passes, he appears that Bouchalka has no ambition and has not done any composing for quite some time. What is a possible reason for this?

3. Of what does nights like the one Cressida and Carrie are enjoying at Central Park remind Cressida?

4. At what do Cressida's sisters marvel about Cressida and how is that not completely true?

5. Cressida makes the following comment when talking about Jerome to Carrie: "'Why is it? I have never cared about money, except to make people happy with it, and it has been the curse of my life. It has spoiled all my relations with people.'" Why do you think that if Cressida realizes that this statement is true, she continues to support her family and husbands?

6. How does Poppas's relationship influence Cressida's relationship with her second husband?

7. Could Cressida be characterized as a musical genius? Explain your answer.

8. How do Cressida's sisters act about what they receive?

9. How might Cressida's death on the Titanic be symbolic of her life?

10. What is foreshadowed in the last paragraphs of Part II?

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