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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is symbolized by the ruins of the Chillon Castle?
(a) Europe's immobile economy
(b) Europe's cultural heritage
(c) the inferiority of Europeans
(d) the decay of Europe

2. Under what pretense does Daisy not want him to come to Rome?
(a) to collect Italian art
(b) to help find a school for Randolph
(c) to visit his aunt
(d) to look for a job

3. What is Daisy's younger brother's name?
(a) Rudolph G. Miller
(b) Rudolph C. Miller
(c) Randolph C. Miller
(d) Randolph G. Miller

4. When does Winterbourne say he must return to Geneva?
(a) tomorrow
(b) in two days
(c) after they return from the castle
(d) next week

5. How does Daisy react to his departure news?
(a) she laughs at him
(b) she thinks he's horrid
(c) she doesn't respond
(d) she's happy to see him go

Short Answer Questions

1. What bothers Winterbourne about Daisy's attitude toward the courier?

2. What does Miss Featherstone ask Daisy about Americans?

3. How does Mrs. Costello epitomize the double standard of the day when her nephew tells her about his outing with Daisy?

4. What is Winterbourne's suggestion to Daisy?

5. How does Daisy seem to Winterbourne during the trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the Miller family behaviors that appear objectionable to the American expatriates?

2. What is the irony of Mrs. Costello's nieces in America?

3. What is another clue Winterbourne seems to miss that Daisy is interested in him?

4. Relate an example of Daisy's stopping before going too far.

5. How does Miller set up a theme of tension between the Americans and the Europeans?

6. What behavior on the part of the Millers accentuates the European-American conflict?

7. Briefly describe the double standard about morality implied in the novel.

8. How does Winterbourne miss a third clue about Daisy's attraction to him?

9. Describe how one of the two main characters is introduced at the beginning of the novel.

10. What is Winterbourne's self-image on the trip?

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