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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 ask Winterbourne if he would do?
(a) stop talking to her mother
(b) take her out dancing
(c) drive her to Geneva
(d) take her out in a boat

2. What does Winterbourne offer to do to show his good intentions?
(a) leave a security deposit
(b) take the little brother along
(c) to introduce Daisy to his aunt
(d) hire a chaperon

3. Who does Mrs. Costello say would never behave the way Daisy does?
(a) her granddaughters
(b) French debutantes
(c) Swiss girls
(d) her friends' daughters

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Winterbourne say his function is for the trip to Chillon Castle?

2. What habit of Randolph's is a great worry to his mother and Daisy?

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

4. What is a central clash in the novel?

5. What appears to be a double standard involving Winterbourne and his judgment of Daisy's morals?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the main conflict of the novel.

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

8. Explain Winterbourne's attraction to Daisy.

9. Explain Winterbourne's first impression of Daisy.

10. How does the courier Eugenio react to the suggestion that Daisy go to the Chillon Castle with Winterbourne?

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