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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Winterbourne not visit his aunt in the hotel?

2. What is a young American named Winterbourne doing in Vevey, Switzerland?

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

4. What does Miss Featherstone ask Daisy about Americans?

5. How does Mrs. Costello epitomize the double standard of the day when her nephew tells her about his outing with Daisy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the main conflict of the novel.

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is the basis on which the questions of Daisy's innocence is judged?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the value of preserving antiquities. List in your essay the reasons preserving architecture and artifacts have an important role to play in human understanding of our history.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the irony of Mrs. Costello's objection to Daisy's seeing Italian men. Although James does not comment on it, there is an irony that Mrs. Costello has an Italian last name. Discuss how people often condemn in otherw what they accept in themselves.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay expressing your ideas about judging books by their covers. Daisy Miller suffers from being judged unfairly by prudes and snobs. Express you opinion about similar things happening today.

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