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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the publisher agree to do for Julianne Bordereau?
(a) Build a terrace in the garden.
(b) Hire someone to tend the garden.
(c) Tend to the garden himself.
(d) Bring flowers to Miss Tita.

2. How does the main character describe the Monarchs' intelligence?
(a) He says that they are brilliant at scheming socially.
(b) He says that they are ignorant about reality, but current on reading the news.
(c) He says that they stay away from intellectual pursuits that might cause them discomfort.
(d) He says that they are not very intelligent.

3. How does James describe Pemberton?
(a) Brilliant and curious.
(b) Outgoing and gregarious.
(c) Sophisticated and smart.
(d) Weak and ineffectual.

4. What does Daisy Miller do that gives people the idea that she and Mr. Giovanelli are engaged?
(a) Spends time with him alone.
(b) Kisses him publicly.
(c) Wears jewelry he gives her.
(d) Visits his house.

5. How does James characterize the relationship between Morgan and Pemberton?
(a) Comrades.
(b) Brothers.
(c) Lovers.
(d) Enemies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Winterbourne realize with a shock, about Daisy Miller?

2. Where does Brooksmith work after his illness?

3. What does the publisher bring to Julianne Bordereau?

4. Who is Mr. Giovanelli?

5. What is the main character's response to this insistence?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Europeans believe will happen to Daisy Miller, and what is their knowledge founded in?

2. Who are Major and Mrs. Monarch?

3. What prevents Mr. Oliver Offord's friends from hiring Brooksmith?

4. What is the setting of 'Daisy Miller,' and why is this significant?

5. What effect do the Monarchs have on the illustrator's art?

6. Describe Mr. Oliver Offord's salons.

7. What feelings does the ending of 'The Aspern Papers' create in the reader?

8. How does the publisher involve Miss Tita in his plot?

9. What is it about Daisy Miller that is so shocking the Europeans, and certain Americans?

10. What is unique about James' narrative perspective in 'Brooksmith'?

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