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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 make up her own mind
(d) that she go fetch another shawl

2. What bothers Winterbourne about Daisy's attitude toward the courier?
(a) the condescension
(b) the antagonism
(c) the familiarity
(d) the formality

3. How does Daisy speak to her mother, the servant, and perfect strangers?
(a) with a kind of sweetness
(b) with a shocking bluntness
(c) with a very loud voice
(d) with a lot of curiosity

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

5. What did a lady tell Mrs. Miller about local castles?
(a) they are better than those in Italy
(b) to be sure and see them all
(c) not to waste time seeing them
(d) they cost too much to visit

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Millers do with Eugenio that the Europeans do not understand?

2. What does Winterbourne say he was doing while not talking with Daisy?

3. How does Winterbourne feel about the sail to the castle?

4. What does Winterbourne offer to do to show his good intentions?

5. What does Daisy suspect about Winterbourne's return to Geneva?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are the questions James raises about Daisy Miller?

4. Describe Daisy's coquettish behavior with Winterbourne on the way to Chillon.

5. Explain Winterbourne's first impression of Daisy.

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

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

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

9. What makes Winterbourne so proud on the trip to Chillon?

10. What is it in Daisy's conversation that Winterbourne misses that should have told him how Daisy is feeling about him?

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