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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. When does Winterbourne say he must return to Geneva?

2. What does Daisy say about her brother?

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

4. What is a young American named Winterbourne doing in Vevey, Switzerland?

5. In Mrs. Costello's opinion, what may well-bred young ladies not do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the main conflict of the novel.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the irony of Mrs. Costello's nieces in America?

10. What behavior on the part of the Millers accentuates the European-American conflict?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on competition in love. Use the verbal sparring between Giovanelli and Winterbourne as an example of how men compete for the attention of a woman. In your essay suggest how Winterbourne might have done a better job of courting Daisy.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the value of preserving antiquities. List in your essay the reasons preserving architecture and artifacts have an important role to play in human understanding of our history.

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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