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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Winterbourne say he was doing while not talking with Daisy?
(a) looking for a boat to hire
(b) checking to see when the next steamer leaves for Chillon
(c) trying to think of something interesting to say
(d) having a pleasant conversation with her mother

2. What does the brother say Daisy's real name is?
(a) Marie S. Miller
(b) Elizabeth R. Miller
(c) Annie P. Miller
(d) Dorothy G. Miller

3. What secretly pleases Winterbourne?
(a) that people look at how pretty she is
(b) that she doesn't look at any men
(c) that she makes such a spectacle of herself
(d) that no men try to speak to her

4. How is Daisy dressed as she comes down the stairs?
(a) in a pair of pants and a blouse
(b) in an elegant traveling costume
(c) in a revealing sun dress
(d) in jeans and a T-shirt

5. What theme of the novel runs through much of Henry James' novels?
(a) money and society
(b) age against youth
(c) war and peace
(d) tension between the Americans and the Europeans

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Winterbourne a bit uncomfortable waiting for Daisy?

2. What bargain does Daisy strike to stop teasing Winterbourne?

3. What circumstance about Winterbourne does Mrs. Costello think makes him naive about girls like Daisy?

4. What are Americans seen as failing to do?

5. How does Henry James describe Mrs. Miller?

(see the answer key)

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