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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Winterbourne conclude he would deucedly enjoy?
(a) pulling Mrs. Miller's hair
(b) kicking Eugenio
(c) going off with Daisy
(d) pushing Daisy into the lake

2. What is Winterbourne's suggestion to Daisy?
(a) that they have dinner together that evening
(b) that they visit the Chillon Castle together
(c) that they take a train trip to Geneva
(d) that they entertain her younger brother

3. What does Winterbourne say his function is for the trip to Chillon Castle?
(a) guide
(b) chaperon
(c) driver
(d) baggage handler

4. Why does Mrs. Costello say about meeting Daisy Miller?
(a) that the girl is old enough to take care of herself
(b) that the girl is too young to meet her
(c) that the girl is common and thus not fit company
(d) that the girl should invite her mother along

5. How does Henry James describe Mrs. Miller?
(a) large and elegant
(b) overweight with a prominent nose
(c) small and spare with a wandering eye
(d) hawk-like and narrow of forehead

6. What does Daisy ask Winterbourne if he would do?
(a) take her out in a boat
(b) drive her to Geneva
(c) take her out dancing
(d) stop talking to her mother

7. Why does Winterbourne not visit his aunt in the hotel?
(a) she has gone unexpectedly to Rome
(b) she has a gentleman caller
(c) she is out shopping
(d) she is ill and not receiving visitors

8. Under what pretense does Daisy not want him to come to Rome?
(a) to look for a job
(b) to help find a school for Randolph
(c) to visit his aunt
(d) to collect Italian art

9. What bothers Winterbourne about Daisy's attitude toward the courier?
(a) the antagonism
(b) the formality
(c) the condescension
(d) the familiarity

10. What does Winterbourne conclude when he thinks he can spend time alone with Daisy?
(a) that Daisy is teasing him and it will never happen
(b) that Daisy is too innocent to know what she's doing
(c) that Daisy's mother will relent and go with them
(d) that Daisy is not as innocent as she looks

11. Why is Winterbourne a bit uncomfortable waiting for Daisy?
(a) maybe she won't come
(b) his aunt might come down
(c) he feels over dressed
(d) everyone can see them meet

12. Under other circumstances, what might make Daisy acceptable to European society?
(a) her willingness to give generously and her appearance
(b) her education and the fact that she is beautiful
(c) her financial situation and the fact that she dresses in perfection
(d) her good taste in clothes and her descrition about men

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

14. Why do they meet where he is waiting?
(a) Randolph hates the main hall
(b) Daisy's mother is in the back garden
(c) Daisy made the arrangement
(d) he cannot go up to her room

15. What does Daisy Miller tell Winterbourne about her trip?
(a) the problem she has meeting men
(b) all the bad experiences she has had
(c) all the good shopping since being in Europe
(d) the different kinds of weather she has seen

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mystery of the novel?

2. How does Mrs. Costello epitomize the double standard of the day when her nephew tells her about his outing with Daisy?

3. Where does Daisy's brother say his father is?

4. What does Daisy say she has always had?

5. What is Daisy's response when Eugenio asks if she intends to go alone?

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