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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 does Eugenio suggest to Daisy?

2. What does Daisy suspect about Winterbourne's return to Geneva?

3. Under other circumstances, what might make Daisy acceptable to European society?

4. When does Winterbourne say he must return to Geneva?

5. Who speaks from out of the shadows?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Winterbourne's attraction to Daisy.

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

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

4. Explain Winterbourne's first impression of Daisy.

5. Describe briefly how Daisy enjoys creating a fuss.

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

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

8. What is Mrs. Costello's admonition to her nephew about Daisy?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay comparing Daisy to the Cindy Lauper song, Girls Just Want to Have Fun. In your essay show how Henry James' Daisy Miller foreshadows a much less restrictive future for young American women.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about means of travel. Discuss (although it is not mentioned per se in the novella) how the Millers came from America and the various means of transportation mentioned in the book. Your essay should then compare travel in the 19th Century to 21st Century travel.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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