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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. How does Daisy seem to Winterbourne during the trip?
(a) a mixture of sophistication and barbarianism
(b) a mixture of youth and old age
(c) a mixture of elegance and rustic behavior
(d) a mixture of innocence and crudity

2. What is Winterbourne's frame of mind as Daisy goes inside?
(a) relieved
(b) amused
(c) puzzled
(d) bitter

3. How does Daisy speak to her mother, the servant, and perfect strangers?
(a) with a very loud voice
(b) with a kind of sweetness
(c) with a lot of curiosity
(d) with a shocking bluntness

4. Why does Daisy think they send all the pretty dresses from France to America?
(a) only Americans can afford them
(b) there are no dress shops in Europe
(c) the ones in Europe are frightful
(d) they don't wear dresses in Europe

5. What is the mystery of the novel?
(a) where Mr. Miller is
(b) where Daisy was born
(c) the truth about Daisy's innocence
(d) who the woman in Geneva is

Short Answer Questions

1. What is symbolized by the ruins of the Chillon Castle?

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

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

4. What is a central clash in the novel?

5. Who does Mrs. Costello say would never behave the way Daisy does?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the main conflict of the novel.

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Winterbourne miss a third clue about Daisy's attraction to him?

8. What behavior on the part of the Millers accentuates the European-American conflict?

9. Describe Daisy's coquettish behavior with Winterbourne on the way to Chillon.

10. How does Miller set up a theme of tension between the Americans and the Europeans?

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