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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the ironic double standard at the end of the novel?
(a) Winterbourne refuses to admit his mistake
(b) Winterbourne is pursuing an American lady in Geneva
(c) Winterbourne is having an affair with two women
(d) Mrs. Costello refuses to see him again

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

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

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

5. What are the rumors about what Winterbourne is pursuing in Geneva?
(a) a life of regret
(b) a clever foreign lady
(c) a new career
(d) acceptance into a monastery

6. What does Winterbourne agree that Daisy should do?
(a) go with the older woman
(b) tell Mrs. Walker to mind her own business
(c) stop fraternizing with the Italians
(d) terminate her friendship with Giovanelli

7. What does Mrs. Walker tell Mr. Winterbourne?
(a) more about Daisy's behavior
(b) the unsuitable places where Daisy has been seen
(c) something about Giovanelli
(d) what Daisy is doing to her mother

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

9. Figuratively, what does Winterbourne choose to do with Daisy that night at the Colosseum?
(a) give her to Caesar
(b) throw her to the lions
(c) rescue her from danger
(d) teach her about impropriety

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

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

12. What does Daisy say is a disagreeable thing for Winterbourne today?
(a) that she has no fashion sense
(b) that she has no culture
(c) that she and Giovanelli are in love
(d) that she is star struck

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

14. 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 bring a gentleman friend to her party
(d) to ignore Mr. Winterbourne

15. What is it that Winterbourne no longer believes in about Daisy?
(a) her innocence
(b) her indiscretion
(c) her intelligence
(d) her sense of style

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Winterbourne run into Daisy after not seeing her for some time?

2. Why does Daisy say she must leave early?

3. What is the symbolism of the Colosseum?

4. What does Mrs. Walker want Daisy to do?

5. What does Winterbourne accept as the truth?

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