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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 do the Millers do with Eugenio that the Europeans do not understand?

2. What does Daisy say she has always had?

3. How does Henry James describe Mrs. Miller?

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

5. How is Daisy dressed as she comes down the stairs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe briefly how Daisy enjoys creating a fuss.

2. Explain Winterbourne's first impression of Daisy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay expressing your ideas about judging books by their covers. Daisy Miller suffers from being judged unfairly by prudes and snobs. Express you opinion about similar things happening today.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about style versus fads. Use Daisy Miller as an example of a young woman who has excellent fashion tastes for her day. Give your opinion about good fashion today as opposed to fad dressing and poor taste.

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