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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is symbolized by the ruins of the Chillon Castle?
(a) the decay of Europe
(b) Europe's immobile economy
(c) Europe's cultural heritage
(d) the inferiority of Europeans

2. How does Daisy seem to Winterbourne during the trip?
(a) a mixture of sophistication and barbarianism
(b) a mixture of innocence and crudity
(c) a mixture of youth and old age
(d) a mixture of elegance and rustic behavior

3. When does Winterbourne say he must return to Geneva?
(a) next week
(b) tomorrow
(c) after they return from the castle
(d) in two days

4. Why do Mrs. Costello and the Europeans not need physical proof of Daisy's indiscretions?
(a) she tells on herself
(b) what she does in plain view is easy to tell what she does in private
(c) the gossip is enough to brand her as immoral
(d) she appears to be pregnant

5. What does Daisy suspect about Winterbourne's return to Geneva?
(a) he has a girlfriend there
(b) he's bored with her company
(c) he wants to get away from her
(d) he likes to break hearts

6. Who does Winterbourne meet outside the hotel?
(a) a tour group from America
(b) friends of his from his school days
(c) his aunt's frequent gentleman caller
(d) the Miller family of Schenectady, New York

7. What is the mystery of the novel?
(a) who the woman in Geneva is
(b) where Daisy was born
(c) the truth about Daisy's innocence
(d) where Mr. Miller is

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

9. What about Daisy is most intriguing to Winterbourne?
(a) the way she walks
(b) the cut of her clothes
(c) the mystery of her wealth
(d) the mystery of her character

10. What does Daisy realize from Winterbourne's excuses about his aunt?
(a) that she is very ill
(b) that he has not spoken to his aunt
(c) that he doesn't really have an aunt in the hotel
(d) that she doesn't want to meet Daisy

11. What feeling does Winterbourne have as he watches Daisy descend the stairs?
(a) as if something romantic is going on
(b) as if he cannot move his feet
(c) as if something dreadful is about to happen
(d) as if he has made a mistake

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

13. How does Mrs. Costello epitomize the double standard of the day when her nephew tells her about his outing with Daisy?
(a) she tells her nephew he cannot come to see her again
(b) she accuses her nephew of corrupting a girl
(c) she assigns guilt to Daisy
(d) she tells her nephew to do his work in secret

14. What habit does Daisy have that is different from European girls?
(a) she looks people directly in the eye without blushing
(b) she keeps her eyes down and never looks at anyone
(c) she holds her nose in the air and is unfriendly
(d) she laughs loudly and calls attention to herself

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Winterbourne's reason for being attracted to Daisy?

2. What is the opinion of the locals and certain hotel guests about the Millers?

3. What does Daisy represent in the novel?

4. What does Daisy accuse her mother of doing?

5. How does Mrs. Costello see Daisy?

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