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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. What is Winterbourne's reason for being attracted to Daisy?

2. Why do they meet where he is waiting?

3. What appears to be a double standard involving Winterbourne and his judgment of Daisy's morals?

4. What does Winterbourne conclude he would deucedly enjoy?

5. What does Daisy do inside the castle?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay entitled Why I Would Like to Visit Italy. Using some of the sites Daisy visits in Rome, give your reasons for wanting to visit there. Your essay should also mention Italian fashion and how it has influenced fashion in the USA.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about style versus fads. Use Daisy Miller as an example of a young woman who has excellent fashion tastes for her day. Give your opinion about good fashion today as opposed to fad dressing and poor taste.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the generation gap. In Daisy's day, Mrs. Miller is a perfect example of an older woman completely befuddled by the behavior of her children. Discuss the generation gap as something that has always existed and why you think that is.

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