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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does James characterize the Moreens?
(a) Flamboyant.
(b) Frivolous.
(c) Bookish.
(d) Naïve.

2. Who summons the narrator to Brooksmith's bedside when Brooksmith falls ill?
(a) Mr. Offord's daughter.
(b) Brooksmith's aunt.
(c) Brooksmith's daughter.
(d) A friend.

3. What are the main character's feelings about the episode of the Monarchs' visit?
(a) He resents them for corrupting his art.
(b) He is profoundly sorry he cannot help them.
(c) He wishes they had never come.
(d) He doesn't regret it.

4. What is the cause of Daisy Miller's death?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Shame.
(d) Malaria.

5. Who is Pemberton?
(a) A student.
(b) A gentleman.
(c) A tutor.
(d) A lawyer.

6. What is the publisher's relationship with Julianne Bordereau?
(a) He rents her a room.
(b) He rents a room from her.
(c) Her publishes her biography.
(d) He seduces her.

7. How does James describe Brooksmith's physical appearance?
(a) Lanky.
(b) Fat.
(c) Short.
(d) Tall.

8. Why does the publisher not get the papers?
(a) They never actually existed.
(b) He cannot afford them.
(c) Miss Juliana burns them.
(d) Miss Tita burns them.

9. Where does the narrator think Brooksmith is now?
(a) Playing horses in America.
(b) Traveling.
(c) Hobnobbing in London.
(d) Waiting table for the gods.

10. How does Morgan die?
(a) From shock to find out that his parents were actually broke.
(b) From tuberculosis.
(c) From a broken heart for what he thought was Pemberton's betrayal.
(d) From malaria.

11. What is Miss Churm's relationship with the main character?
(a) She is one of his servants.
(b) She is one a representative from an gallery.
(c) She is one of his regular models.
(d) She is one of his patrons.

12. What is it that requires Mr. Oliver Offord to stay home?
(a) His ailing mother.
(b) His responsibilities.
(c) His health.
(d) His bad leg.

13. Where is 'Daisy Miller' set?
(a) Paris, France.
(b) Berlin, Germany.
(c) London, England.
(d) Vevey, Switzerland.

14. What is the reason for the Monarchs' insistence?
(a) They have a lot to lose.
(b) They are the real thing.
(c) They deserve help.
(d) They have assistance to offer.

15. What does Mr. Offord conduct in his home?
(a) Business meetings.
(b) Political meetings.
(c) A salon.
(d) A reading club.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position do the Monarchs always occupy in the illustrations the main character makes?

2. How does James characterize the relationship between Mr. Offord and Brooksmith?

3. Why has Winterbourne come to the place where he meets Daisy Miller?

4. What do Oronte and Miss Churm do to assume different characters?

5. How far is the publisher willing to go to get the Aspern papers?

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