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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who discusses Daisy's exploits but without the disapproving tone of Mrs. Costello?
(a) Mrs. Miller
(b) Eugenio
(c) Mr. Loren
(d) Randolph

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

3. A few days later at Mrs. Walker's party, how does Daisy show up?
(a) over dressed
(b) with Giovanelli
(c) under dressed
(d) with to many jewels

4. In Book Two, what is Daisy doing?
(a) trying to teach cultural differences to the Americans
(b) looking for an Italian husband
(c) bending to the Victorian social mores
(d) deliberately flaunting the Victorian social mores

5. What does Winterbourne learn at Daisy's funeral?
(a) that she was younger than he thought
(b) that she was married
(c) that she was innocent
(d) that she was mentally unbalanced

6. What does Winterbourne do instead of trying to let Daisy know his true feelings?
(a) ignores her completely
(b) obsesses over her relationship with the other man
(c) brushes her off to talk with Giovanelli
(d) insists that she apologize to Mrs. Walker

7. How does Daisy correspond with Winterbourne?
(a) by inviting him to the Miller's hotel room
(b) in a message passed on by her mother
(c) by sending a message with Giovanelli
(d) by waving at him from her window

8. At the party, what does Daisy seem to prefer?
(a) talking with the other Americans
(b) spending more time with Winterbourne than Giovanelli
(c) asking the women where to buy new fashions
(d) showing off her new engagement ring

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

10. Who does Winterbourne suggest will misinterpret Daisy's activities?
(a) the locals
(b) the children
(c) the Americans
(d) the religious

11. How does Daisy see her flirtations as being?
(a) a serious habit she cannot break
(b) the way a woman gets power over a man
(c) what is necessary to attract a man
(d) evidence that nothing improper is going on

12. At the funeral, what does Giovanelli proclaim about Daisy?
(a) her innocence
(b) her lustfulness
(c) her secret marriage to him
(d) her love for Winterbourne

13. A year later back in Vevey what does Winterbourne confess to his aunt?
(a) he had finally caught Daisy in her lies
(b) he had forgotten what Daisy looked like
(c) he had fallen in love with Daisy
(d) he made a mistake with Daisy

14. What does Mrs. Miller suppose Daisy's situation is?
(a) the innocent victim of gossip
(b) perfectly natural for any young girl
(c) engaged and thus not in any danger
(d) carefree and able to take care of herself

15. What request does Daisy make of Mrs. Walker?
(a) to tell her where she buys her clothes
(b) to bring a gentleman friend to her party
(c) to ignore Mr. Winterbourne
(d) to bring her some English tea

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Winterbourne's and Daisy's paths gradually stop crossing?

2. What does Winterbourne tell Daisy about?

3. What comment of Winterbourne's does Daisy find disagreeable?

4. What does flirtation mean to the American expatriates in Rome?

5. Why does Daisy say she must leave early?

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