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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Daisy berate Winterbourne for?
(a) not calling at her hotel
(b) not standing up for her
(c) believing everything he hears
(d) not minding his own business

2. What is the irony of the Americans disapproving of the outsiders?
(a) they are outsiders in Italy themselves
(b) they disapprove of everyone
(c) they are ignorant of cultural differences
(d) they are long time Italian residents

3. Why does Winterbourne arrive in Rome that winter?
(a) to help find a school for Randolf
(b) to see the colosseum
(c) to visit his aunt
(d) to travel on to Spain

4. What does Daisy admit to being?
(a) older than she looks
(b) a fearful, frightful flirt
(c) a devoute Christian
(d) an uncultured American girl

5. Why do Winterbourne's and Daisy's paths gradually stop crossing?
(a) their mutual friends stop inviting her places
(b) Daisy travels to Paris
(c) Mrs. Costello insists on it
(d) she avoids Winterbourne

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

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

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

10. 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 two in the morning
(d) at five in the afternoon

11. What does Mrs. Walker want Daisy to do?
(a) dismiss Giovanelli and return to her house
(b) leave with her in the carriage
(c) bring winterbourne and go with her
(d) explain herslef

12. What does flirtation mean to the American expatriates in Rome?
(a) innocent games
(b) an assumption of engagement
(c) evidence of good breeding
(d) evidence of immoral behavior

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

14. What is the irony of Mrs. Costello?
(a) she is trying to deny her American past
(b) she is more naive than Daisy
(c) she is American with an Italian last name
(d) she has no particular religious beliefs

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Winterbourne scold Daisy about?

2. Who is the first person Winterbourne goes to visit in Rome?

3. What emotion prevents Winterbourne from going directly to see Daisy in Rome?

4. What is the era the navel DAISY MILLER takes place in?

5. What rude comment does Randolph make to Mrs. Walker?

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