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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 does Winterbourne want to travel to the castle?

2. What does Daisy realize from Winterbourne's excuses about his aunt?

3. What does the brother say Daisy's real name is?

4. What does Winterbourne say he was doing while not talking with Daisy?

5. What does Daisy suspect about Winterbourne's return to Geneva?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the overall objection to the Miller family?

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

7. Briefly describe the double standard about morality implied in the novel.

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

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

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 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.

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 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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