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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does not seem to concern Winterbourne?

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

3. What is the irony of Mrs. Costello's attitude?

4. What does Daisy ask Winterbourne if he would do?

5. What surprises Winterbourne during the discussion about Chillon with Daisy's mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the main conflict of the novel.

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

4. What is it that Daisy does that causes so much gossip among the Americans?

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

6. Describe briefly how Daisy enjoys creating a fuss.

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

8. Explain Winterbourne's first impression of Daisy.

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

10. What is Mrs. Costello's admonition to her nephew about Daisy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay expressing your opinion as to whether double standards between the sexes still exist. In your essay discuss such things as unwed mothers, unequal pay for equal work, and excluding women from certain male sports.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the modern social distinction of money. Use the example of a girl or boy from a wealthy family falling in love with someone from a middle income family. Discuss how such situations may play out.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay comparing Daisy's disinterest in the antiquities of Chillon Castle to a modern American youth's attitude toward amusements and games before the electronic ear. In making the comparison use Daisy's attitude at Chillon to compare with a modern young person at a museum of old board games. Ideally this essay will have a humorous tone.

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