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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 Daisy accuse her mother of doing?
(a) poking around
(b) hiding from Randolph
(c) making a scene
(d) looking for gentlemen

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

3. What is symbolized by the ruins of the Chillon Castle?
(a) the decay of Europe
(b) Europe's cultural heritage
(c) Europe's immobile economy
(d) the inferiority of Europeans

4. What shocks Mrs. Costello when Winterbourne tells her where he was all afternoon?
(a) that the courier stayed out of sight
(b) that he nearly fell from the steamer
(c) that Mrs. Miller went with them on the steamer
(d) that he was alone with Daisy

5. Why does Mrs. Costello say about meeting Daisy Miller?
(a) that the girl is too young to meet her
(b) that the girl should invite her mother along
(c) that the girl is old enough to take care of herself
(d) that the girl is common and thus not fit company

Short Answer Questions

1. What habit of Randolph's is a great worry to his mother and Daisy?

2. How is Daisy dressed as she comes down the stairs?

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

4. What circumstance about Winterbourne does Mrs. Costello think makes him naive about girls like Daisy?

5. Why does Vevey appear to be more relaxed in social values than in other parts of Europe?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What shows the ineptitude of Mrs. Miller as a mother?

3. How do even the women of this era accept the double standard of the sexes?

4. Relate an example of Daisy's stopping before going too far.

5. What is it that Daisy does that causes so much gossip among the Americans?

6. What is Winterbourne's self-image on the trip?

7. What does Winterbourne observe about Daisy and her mother?

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

9. How does the courier Eugenio react to the suggestion that Daisy go to the Chillon Castle with Winterbourne?

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

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