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

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

3. What are Americans seen as failing to do?
(a) properly appreciate Europe's ancient charms
(b) eat with the right utensils
(c) learning european languages
(d) speak loudly in public

4. Why do they meet where he is waiting?
(a) Daisy made the arrangement
(b) he cannot go up to her room
(c) Randolph hates the main hall
(d) Daisy's mother is in the back garden

5. What is the opinion of the locals and certain hotel guests about the Millers?
(a) they are accepted because of their money
(b) they are brash, uneducated, and uncultivated
(c) they are too hard to get to know
(d) they are polished and too superior for the locals

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daisy accuse Winterbourne of?

2. What does Daisy say she hopes Winterbourne feels as she goes inside with her mother?

3. What does Daisy say she has always had?

4. Where does Daisy's brother say his father is?

5. How does Daisy react to his departure news?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe briefly how Daisy enjoys creating a fuss.

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

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

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

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

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

10. Explain Winterbourne's attraction to Daisy.

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