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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does James characterize Mr. and Mrs. Monarch?
(a) Distinguished.
(b) Shabby.
(c) Unctuous.
(d) Preposterous.

2. How does Morgan die?
(a) From shock to find out that his parents were actually broke.
(b) From a broken heart for what he thought was Pemberton's betrayal.
(c) From tuberculosis.
(d) From malaria.

3. Why does the publisher not get the papers?
(a) Miss Juliana burns them.
(b) He cannot afford them.
(c) Miss Tita burns them.
(d) They never actually existed.

4. What is improper about Winterbourne talking to Daisy Miller at first?
(a) He is married.
(b) She is unmarried.
(c) They have not been introduced.
(d) She is by herself.

5. What is Brooksmith's reaction to Mr. Offord's death?
(a) He is glad.
(b) He is guilty.
(c) He is relieved.
(d) He is grief-stricken.

6. Where doe Brooksmith end up finding work?
(a) In aristocratic houses.
(b) In museums.
(c) In lower-class households.
(d) In newspapers.

7. What does Morgan urge Pemberton to do?
(a) Walk out of the Moreens' house.
(b) Stay with him no matter the cost.
(c) Take a highly-paid job with another family.
(d) Adopt him and raise him as his son.

8. What does the boy ask Winterbourne for in the garden?
(a) A cube of sugar.
(b) A book.
(c) Directions.
(d) Money.

9. Where is Oronte from?
(a) Sicily.
(b) Italy.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Portugal.

10. What do the Monarchs insist on in respect to the main character?
(a) He should paint their portraits for a low price.
(b) He should help them present an illusion of wealth.
(c) He should sell them all of his work.
(d) They will be excellent models for him.

11. What is the cause of Daisy Miller's death?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Scarlet fever.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Shame.

12. What is the main character's response to this insistence?
(a) He argues with them.
(b) He agrees.
(c) He dismisses them.
(d) He listens without responding.

13. What does Mr. Offord leave to Brooksmith when he dies?
(a) 1,000 pounds.
(b) Nothing.
(c) 200 pounds.
(d) 80 pounds.

14. What does Mr. Offord conduct in his home?
(a) Business meetings.
(b) A salon.
(c) A reading club.
(d) Political meetings.

15. What is the publisher trying to get his hands on?
(a) Aspern's lover.
(b) Aspern's unpublished manuscripts.
(c) Aspern's love letters.
(d) Aspern's property.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does James characterize Brooksmith' success in his new positions?

2. What does the publisher believe is the reason for Julianne Bordereau wearing a certain accessory in his presence?

3. Where does Brooksmith work after his illness?

4. Who is Pemberton?

5. What is Miss Churm's relationship with the main character?

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