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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. How does Mrs. Costello see Daisy?
(a) as arrogant
(b) as coarse and a flirt
(c) as stupid and unstylish
(d) as a gold digger

2. Who does Winterbourne meet outside the hotel?
(a) his aunt's frequent gentleman caller
(b) friends of his from his school days
(c) the Miller family of Schenectady, New York
(d) a tour group from America

3. What does Winterbourne conclude he would deucedly enjoy?
(a) pulling Mrs. Miller's hair
(b) going off with Daisy
(c) kicking Eugenio
(d) pushing Daisy into the lake

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. What does Winterbourne say his function is for the trip to Chillon Castle?
(a) guide
(b) baggage handler
(c) driver
(d) chaperon

Short Answer Questions

1. What are all the people doing as they pass out of the great hall?

2. What time is it when Daisy accepts the invitation to go for a row?

3. What is Winterbourne's suggestion to Daisy?

4. What does Daisy accuse Winterbourne of?

5. What does Daisy Miller tell Winterbourne about her trip?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the contradiction in Daisy among the Americans?

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

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

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

6. What shows Daisy's awareness of the American expatriates' snobbishness?

7. What seems to be a flirtatious pastime of Daisy's?

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

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

10. How do even the women of this era accept the double standard of the sexes?

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