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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 in Daisy's action indicates that she does not anticipate doing?
(a) anything non controversial
(b) anything wrong
(c) anything secret
(d) anything moral

2. What is the opinion of the locals and certain hotel guests about the Millers?
(a) they are too hard to get to know
(b) they are accepted because of their money
(c) they are brash, uneducated, and uncultivated
(d) they are polished and too superior for the locals

3. What appears to be a double standard involving Winterbourne and his judgment of Daisy's morals?
(a) his eye for all the pretty ladies
(b) his attitude toward servants
(c) his own relationship in Geneva
(d) his pursuit of her although thinking her coarse

4. What is Winterbourne's reason for being attracted to Daisy?
(a) she is an excellent conversationalist
(b) she has no morals whatsoever
(c) she is wonderfully pretty
(d) she is obviously a rich girl

5. What is Daisy's brother's addiction?
(a) hamburgers
(b) cheese
(c) sweets
(d) German beer

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Daisy's younger brother's name?

2. What does Daisy do inside the castle?

3. What are all the people doing as they pass out of the great hall?

4. How does Mrs. Costello see Daisy?

5. Given the chance to row off in the night with Winterbourne, what action indicates Daisy might not be as loose as people think?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Explain Winterbourne's first impression of Daisy.

7. Explain Winterbourne's attraction to Daisy.

8. Is there any indication in the first book that Winterbourne is concerned about Daisy's reputation?

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

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

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