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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 Winterbourne agree that Daisy should do?
(a) tell Mrs. Walker to mind her own business
(b) go with the older woman
(c) terminate her friendship with Giovanelli
(d) stop fraternizing with the Italians

2. Why does Winterbourne arrive in Rome that winter?
(a) to see the colosseum
(b) to visit his aunt
(c) to help find a school for Randolf
(d) to travel on to Spain

3. What is a further danger at night in the Colosseum?
(a) pitfalls
(b) muggers
(c) the police
(d) mosquitoes

4. How does Daisy respond to all the advice?
(a) she breaks down sobbing
(b) she meekly gets into the carriage
(c) she throwns a temper tantrum
(d) she walks away with Giovanelli

5. Seen by Daisy as he is about to leave the Colosseum, what does she accuse Winterbourne of?
(a) being too afraid to fight for her
(b) being a snob like the other Americans
(c) spying on her
(d) going away without speaking to her

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the American community use to punish non-conformists?

2. What emotion prevents Winterbourne from going directly to see Daisy in Rome?

3. What does Mrs. Costello say Daisy's activities are causing ?

4. What does Daisy ask if Winterbourne remembers?

5. Figuratively, what does Winterbourne choose to do with Daisy that night at the Colosseum?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Henry James satirize Americans in the scene at Mrs. Walker's afternoon gathering?

2. How do Winterbourne's and Daisy's meetings taper off?

3. Describe the coincidental meeting between Winterbourne and Daisy.

4. At Mrs. Walker's party, how does Winterbourne alter to stop Daisy's behavior?

5. To solve the problem of Daisy's going alone, how does Winterbourne provide an answer?

6. What is the admonition Winterbourne receives from his aunt?

7. How does Daisy astonish Mrs. Walker that afternoon in her house?

8. In what way does Daisy turn the tables on Winterbourne when he warns her about Giovanelli?

9. How does Giovanelli attempt to warn off Winterbourne who is walking toward him and Daisy?

10. What confirmation about Daisy's innocence does Winterbourne finally receive?

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