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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. How does Daisy respond to all the advice?

2. What indicates that Winterbourne is actually eager to see Daisy?

3. Where does Winterbourne run into Daisy after not seeing her for some time?

4. A year later back in Vevey what does Winterbourne confess to his aunt?

5. What is the contrast between the Millers and Rome?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Daisy's coquettish behavior that Winterbourne takes the wrong way.

2. How does Mrs. Walker's snubbing of Daisy affect her?

3. What is Winterbourne's ulterior motive in going with Daisy to meet Giovanelli?

4. Seeing Daisy with Giovanelli, how does he feel about her flirtation?

5. What does Daisy say she is about to do that scandalizes the Americans at Mrs. Walker's house?

6. How does Winterbourne's attempt at a joke turn out badly?

7. How does James show that Daisy is not romantically interested in Giovanelli?

8. How does Winterbourne lecture Daisy at the Palace of the Caesars?

9. How does Henry James satirize Americans in the scene at Mrs. Walker's afternoon gathering?

10. How does Giovanelli attempt to warn off Winterbourne who is walking toward him and Daisy?

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 expressing your opinion as to whether double standards between the sexes still exist. In your essay discuss such things as unwed mothers, unequal pay for equal work, and excluding women from certain male sports.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on the modern social distinction of money. Use the example of a girl or boy from a wealthy family falling in love with someone from a middle income family. Discuss how such situations may play out.

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