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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Winterbourne finally decide about Daisy?
(a) she really is engaged to Giovanelli
(b) she is not the nice girl he thought she was
(c) she has completely lost her senses
(d) she is not as dangerous as his aunt thinks

2. How does Daisy respond to all the advice?
(a) she walks away with Giovanelli
(b) she breaks down sobbing
(c) she meekly gets into the carriage
(d) she throwns a temper tantrum

3. Where does Winterbourne run into Daisy after not seeing her for some time?
(a) a sidewalk cafe
(b) at the Colosseum
(c) in the hotel restaurant
(d) the Palace of the Caesars

4. What does Winterbourne say he had done to Daisy?
(a) contributed to the rumors about her
(b) told her off
(c) an injustice
(d) slapped her face

5. What is the symbolism of the Colosseum?
(a) atrocious violence in the past
(b) abandonment and destruction
(c) grandeur and happiness
(d) antiquity and promise

6. What is Daisy doing that makes Mrs. Walker say she has disgraced herself?
(a) meeting an Italian man in public
(b) being too friendly with all natives
(c) dressing prevocatively
(d) walking around with two men

7. Why does Daisy say she must leave early?
(a) to get something for her headache
(b) to walk at the Pincian Garden
(c) to pick up a new dress she bought
(d) to get away from winterbourne

8. Winterbourne makes a conclusion that Daisy is not an innocent child but a woman with what attribute?
(a) disregard for social propriety
(b) willingness to conform to social propriety
(c) care about what others think of her
(d) unintelligence

9. Who is the first person Winterbourne goes to visit in Rome?
(a) Mr. Loren, his Italian banker
(b) Giorgio Pinza, his Italian tailor
(c) Mrs. Miller, Daisy's mother
(d) Mrs. Walker, an American he knew in Geneva

10. Who arrives in a carriage?
(a) Mrs. Walker
(b) Mrs. Costello
(c) Mrs. Miller
(d) Mrs. Giovanelli

11. What disease is believed to be cause by night air?
(a) heart failure
(b) cancer
(c) arthritis
(d) malaria

12. More so in Rome, what is the central theme of the novel?
(a) outrageous behavior
(b) gossip
(c) the mystery of Daisy
(d) appearance versus reality

13. What does Winterbourne scold Daisy about?
(a) exposing herself to the night air
(b) being out so late
(c) being unchaperoned
(d) dressing so casually

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

15. Who arrives at the house Winterbourne is visiting?
(a) Daisy and her family
(b) Randolph, looking for sweets
(c) One of Daisy's Italian gentlemen
(d) Mrs. Miller, looking for Daisy

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Winterbourne next see Giovanelli?

2. What is Daisy doing, according to Mrs. Costello, that disturbs Winterbourne?

3. How does Mrs. Walker react to Daisy's announcement?

4. In Book Two, what is Daisy doing?

5. What are the rumors about what Winterbourne is pursuing in Geneva?

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