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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does James characterize the relationship between Mr. Offord and Brooksmith?
(a) Father and son.
(b) Distant relations.
(c) Intimate friends.
(d) Employee-employer.

2. What does the boy ask Winterbourne for in the garden?
(a) A cube of sugar.
(b) A book.
(c) Money.
(d) Directions.

3. How does James characterize the Moreens?
(a) Frivolous.
(b) Flamboyant.
(c) Bookish.
(d) Naïve.

4. What does the publisher agree to do for Julianne Bordereau?
(a) Build a terrace in the garden.
(b) Hire someone to tend the garden.
(c) Tend to the garden himself.
(d) Bring flowers to Miss Tita.

5. Paula and Amy Moreen are employed at _____________.
(a) Finding husbands.
(b) Charity work.
(c) Knitting.
(d) Factory work.

6. Where does Winterbourne encounter Daisy Miller the second time?
(a) At Mrs. Walker's home.
(b) In a garden in Rome.
(c) In the street.
(d) At Mr. Giovanelli's home.

7. What does the publisher believe is the reason for Julianne Bordereau wearing a certain accessory in his presence?
(a) To impress him.
(b) To seduce him.
(c) To protect herself from getting a headache.
(d) To hide the searing power of her eyes.

8. How does James describe Miss Churm?
(a) A fiery-tempered, red-cheeked girl.
(b) A milky-skinned, complacent girl.
(c) A dark, passionate girl.
(d) A freckled cockney girl.

9. How does James describe Pemberton's salary?
(a) Generous.
(b) Thrifty.
(c) Excessive.
(d) Niggardly.

10. What condition does Pemberton impose on his agreement to work without pay?
(a) He will be boarded and clothed for free as well.
(b) Morgan will not be told that he is working for nothing.
(c) Morgan will know that he is working for nothing.
(d) He will get paid retroactively if the Moreens make money.

11. Where does the narrator think Brooksmith is now?
(a) Waiting table for the gods.
(b) Playing horses in America.
(c) Hobnobbing in London.
(d) Traveling.

12. What does Winterbourne realize with a shock, about Daisy Miller?
(a) She is already secretly married.
(b) She is too innocent for her own good.
(c) She is not a respectable woman.
(d) She is already sleeping with Mr. Giovanelli.

13. What is the publisher trying to get his hands on?
(a) Aspern's property.
(b) Aspern's lover.
(c) Aspern's unpublished manuscripts.
(d) Aspern's love letters.

14. What is the cause of Daisy Miller's death?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Shame.
(d) Scarlet fever.

15. Where does Brooksmith go after his mother dies?
(a) He disappears.
(b) He departs on long travels.
(c) To Australia.
(d) To America.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does James characterize the Monarchs as models?

2. What do the Monarchs insist on in respect to the main character?

3. How does the main character describe the Monarchs' intelligence?

4. How does Morgan die?

5. What is it that shocks Mrs. Walker about Daisy Miller's behavior?

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