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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time does Winterbourne run into Daisy and Giovanelli again at the Colosseum a week later?
(a) about seven-thirty
(b) near midnight
(c) at five in the afternoon
(d) at two in the morning

2. What renews Winterbourne's interest in Daisy Miller?
(a) when he hears she has broken up with Giovanelli
(b) when he learns that she has fallen ill
(c) when he hears she has married Giovanelli
(d) when he hears she is leaving Rome

3. Who does Winterbourne warn about Daisy's behavior?
(a) Mrs. Costello
(b) Daisy, herself
(c) Mrs. Miller
(d) Randolph

4. At what point does Winterbourne begin to doubt Daisy's innocence?
(a) when Daisy refuses to get in the carriage
(b) when the parasol hides them from him
(c) when Daisy walks out Mrs. Walker's door
(d) when Daisy is not in her hotel room

5. What does Winterbourne accept as the truth?
(a) the appearance of things
(b) the things Daisy says
(c) his observationsa
(d) the facts

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

7. Why is Daisy miffed at Winterbourne?
(a) he didn't let her know he was coming
(b) he isn't wearning stylish clothes
(c) he didn't come see her first
(d) he hasn't written to her

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

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

10. What does Mrs. Costello suggest Daisy might allow herself to do?
(a) break Winterbourne's heart
(b) become pregnant
(c) become a common street walker
(d) become engaged to Giovanelli

11. When does Winterbourne decide emphatically that Daisy is not a nice girl?
(a) seeing her out with two men at the same time
(b) seeing her at the Colosseum with Giovanelli
(c) hiding herself behind her parasol
(d) seeing her enter her hotel at one a. m.

12. What news does Mrs. Costello have for her nephew?
(a) that the Millers are leaving tomorrow
(b) that the Millers have left Rome
(c) that the Millers are in Rome
(d) that Mr. Miller has joined his family

13. At the Colosseum, what does Winterbourne give Daisy over to?
(a) his personal protection from Giovanelli
(b) her own insanity
(c) an arrest as a prostitute
(d) the advances of Mr. Giovanelli

14. What does Mrs. Costello say Daisy's activities are causing ?
(a) a bad impression to the Italians
(b) danger to her health
(c) Italians to laugh at the Americans
(d) much gossip among the Americans

15. Who does Mrs. Costello say has a good deal of manner and a wonderful mustache?
(a) Winterbourne
(b) Randolph
(c) the men Daisy has been seeing
(d) Mr. Miller

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the ironic double standard at the end of the novel?

2. What does Winterbourne do instead of trying to let Daisy know his true feelings?

3. How does Daisy correspond with Winterbourne?

4. How does Daisy tease Winterbourne about her reported engagement?

5. Winterbourne makes a conclusion that Daisy is not an innocent child but a woman with what attribute?

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