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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 does Eugenio suggest to Daisy?
(a) that she wear a life jacket
(b) that she not go out on a boat
(c) that she go fetch another shawl
(d) that she make up her own mind

2. How does Daisy seem to Winterbourne during the trip?
(a) a mixture of sophistication and barbarianism
(b) a mixture of elegance and rustic behavior
(c) a mixture of innocence and crudity
(d) a mixture of youth and old age

3. What is Winterbourne's frame of mind as Daisy goes inside?
(a) relieved
(b) bitter
(c) puzzled
(d) amused

4. What does Daisy represent in the novel?
(a) heartlessness
(b) American madness
(c) the power of money
(d) innocence or the appearance of it

5. How does Henry James describe Mrs. Miller?
(a) small and spare with a wandering eye
(b) overweight with a prominent nose
(c) large and elegant
(d) hawk-like and narrow of forehead

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Winterbourne conclude he would deucedly enjoy?

2. What does Miss Featherstone ask Daisy about Americans?

3. What is the irony of Mrs. Costello's attitude?

4. Why does Daisy think they send all the pretty dresses from France to America?

5. Why is Winterbourne a bit uncomfortable waiting for Daisy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is there any indication in the first book that Winterbourne is concerned about Daisy's reputation?

2. What is it that Daisy does that causes so much gossip among the Americans?

3. Explain Winterbourne's first impression of Daisy.

4. Describe the main conflict of the novel.

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

6. What is the basis on which the questions of Daisy's innocence is judged?

7. What shows the ineptitude of Mrs. Miller as a mother?

8. Describe briefly how Daisy enjoys creating a fuss.

9. What is Mrs. Costello's admonition to her nephew about Daisy?

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

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