Daisy Miller Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 122 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Daisy Miller Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 122 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. How long does Daisy say Winterbourne has not spoken to her?

2. How much time passes between Winterbourne's first meeting Daisy and their trip to the castle?

3. What does Daisy say she has always had?

4. What does not seem to concern Winterbourne?

5. What does Daisy accuse her mother of doing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Relate an example of Daisy's stopping before going too far.

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

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

5. Describe the main conflict of the novel.

6. What are the questions James raises about Daisy Miller?

7. What are some of the Miller family behaviors that appear objectionable to the American expatriates?

8. What does Winterbourne observe about Daisy and her mother?

9. What is Winterbourne's self-image on the trip?

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 about the growth and change in America after the Civil War (1861-1865) which saw people like the Millers become quite wealthy through industry and become world travelers. Your essay should discuss the American spirit and the American dream that influenced its growth and development.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay comparing Daisy to the Cindy Lauper song, Girls Just Want to Have Fun. In your essay show how Henry James' Daisy Miller foreshadows a much less restrictive future for young American women.

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