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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 her mother doesn't like?

2. How does Daisy speak to her mother, the servant, and perfect strangers?

3. What seems to disappoint Daisy?

4. What is symbolized by the ruins of the Chillon Castle?

5. How does Winterbourne want to travel to the castle?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the contradiction in Daisy among the Americans?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 the differences in European social order and the more democratic social order of the USA. Discuss the idea of social classes and give your opinion about such structure.

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