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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 Mrs. Costello epitomize the double standard of the day when her nephew tells her about his outing with Daisy?

2. What is Winterbourne's frame of mind as Daisy goes inside?

3. What is Daisy's response when Eugenio asks if she intends to go alone?

4. What bothers Winterbourne about Daisy's attitude toward the courier?

5. What is Winterbourne's suggestion to Daisy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the main conflict of the novel.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on writing. Using Henry James as an example, discuss your thoughts on the contribution writers have made toward civilization. Speculate in your essay what the world would be like without the great writing down through the ages.

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 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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