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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 Daisy accuse Winterbourne of?
(a) being grave
(b) being jealous
(c) being silent
(d) being superior
2. Under what pretense does Daisy not want him to come to Rome?
(a) to visit his aunt
(b) to look for a job
(c) to collect Italian art
(d) to help find a school for Randolph
3. What is Daisy's response when Eugenio asks if she intends to go alone?
(a) no, with this gentleman
(b) no, she's taking Randolph
(c) yes, she knows how to row
(d) of course, she's a big girl now
4. What does Daisy represent in the novel?
(a) heartlessness
(b) the power of money
(c) American madness
(d) innocence or the appearance of it
5. What does Daisy say about his grin?
(a) his ears are very near together
(b) he's not laughing with his eyes
(c) he's turned it upside down
(d) he looks like he ate the canary
Short Answer Questions
1. What did a lady tell Mrs. Miller about local castles?
2. What theme of the novel runs through much of Henry James' novels?
3. What secretly pleases Winterbourne?
4. What does Daisy realize from Winterbourne's excuses about his aunt?
5. Who does Mrs. Costello say would never behave the way Daisy does?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe how one of the two main characters is introduced at the beginning of the novel.
2. What is the irony of Mrs. Costello's nieces in America?
3. Briefly describe the double standard about morality implied in the novel.
4. What behavior on the part of the Millers accentuates the European-American conflict?
5. What is it in Daisy's conversation that Winterbourne misses that should have told him how Daisy is feeling about him?
6. What shows the ineptitude of Mrs. Miller as a mother?
7. What is Winterbourne's self-image on the trip?
8. Describe Daisy's coquettish behavior with Winterbourne on the way to Chillon.
9. How does the courier Eugenio react to the suggestion that Daisy go to the Chillon Castle with Winterbourne?
10. Relate an example of Daisy's stopping before going too far.
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