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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 Daisy say she has always had?

2. What does Daisy represent in the novel?

3. What feeling does Winterbourne have as he watches Daisy descend the stairs?

4. What bargain does Daisy strike to stop teasing Winterbourne?

5. How does Eugenio react on hearing that Daisy is going to Chillon Castle with Winterbourne?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Is there any indication in the first book that Winterbourne is concerned about Daisy's reputation?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the irony of Mrs. Costello's objection to Daisy's seeing Italian men. Although James does not comment on it, there is an irony that Mrs. Costello has an Italian last name. Discuss how people often condemn in otherw what they accept in themselves.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay about understanding other people. As an example, Winterbourne never seems to catch on to Daisy's teasing. Your essay should discuss the importance of learning other people's personalities in order to build good relationships.

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