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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the American community use to punish non-conformists?
(a) ridicule
(b) ostracism
(c) laughter
(d) lectures

2. What circumstance about Winterbourne does Mrs. Costello think makes him naive about girls like Daisy?
(a) his limited education in Europe
(b) his being away from America for a long time
(c) his weakness for anything that wears a skirt
(d) his moving only in the best society

3. Why does Daisy think they send all the pretty dresses from France to America?
(a) they don't wear dresses in Europe
(b) the ones in Europe are frightful
(c) there are no dress shops in Europe
(d) only Americans can afford them

4. What resolve does Winterbourne make about Daisy's meeting with Giovanelli?
(a) to pretend to leave and then follow them
(b) not to leave them alone together
(c) to show Daisy what kind of man Giovanelli is
(d) to challenge Giovanelli to a duel

5. What does Winterbourne warn Daisy that she is becoming?
(a) a typical expatriate
(b) unwelcome among the Americans
(c) an old woman
(d) too sophistocated

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Daisy seem to Winterbourne during the trip?

2. What habit does Daisy have that is different from European girls?

3. What is missing in Daisy that parallels what is missing in the American expatriates?

4. Under other circumstances, what might make Daisy acceptable to European society?

5. What theme of the novel runs through much of Henry James' novels?

(see the answer key)

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