1. Through whose eyes do we see most of the events in Daisy Miller?

(A) Daisys
(B) The narrators
(C) Winterbournes
(D) Mrs. Costellos
2. How might the hotel Trois Couronnes, where the Millers and Mrs. Costello are staying, be described?
(A) Old and venerable
(B) New and fashionable
(C) A pension
(D) A Days Inn
3. Mrs. Costello is what relation of Winterbournes?
(A) Mother
(B) Mistress
(C) Sister
(D) Aunt
4. Why do Winterbournes friends like to say that hes in Geneva studying?
(A) Hes doing an advanced degree there
(B) It wouldnt be discreet to say he has a mistress there
(C) They dont want him to sound like a rich, idle slacker
(D) B and C
5. When Randolph first meets Winterbourne, what does he ask him for?
(A) Candy
(B) Sugar
(C) A stock tip
(D) A hug
6. Where does Winterbourne promise to take Daisy in Chapter 1?
(A) Schenectady
(B) Lourdes
(C) Rome
(D) Chillon Castle
7. When Mrs. Costello describes the Millers as common, she means that they are what?
(A) Like a lot of other Americans shes met
(B) Socially unacceptable
(C) Vulgar
(D) B and C
8. When Winterbourne first meets Daisy, it occurs to him that she may be what?
(A) Less innocent than she seems
(B) A ghost
(C) A transvestite
(D) A handful
9. What excuse does Winterbourne give for being unable to introduce Daisy to his aunt?
(A) She is out of town
(B) She hardly socializes at all
(C) She has these terrible headaches
(D) B and C
10. During their trip to Chillon, why does Daisy get angry at Winterbourne?
(A) He makes fun of her ignorance
(B) He tips the guard to leave them alone
(C) He tells her hes leaving Vevey soon
(D) He recites a long poem by Lord Byron
11. Mrs. Costellos request that Winterbourne bring her the novel Paule Mr is what?
(A) Sort of sweet
(B) Highly ironic
(C) Very cool
(D) Extremely annoying
12. What do Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Miller warn Daisy about when she proposes to walk in the Pincio?
(A) The Roman fever
(B) Fortune hunters
(C) Her reputation
(D) A and C
13. What seems to be Mrs. Millers favorite topic of conversation?
(A) Art
(B) Politics and the Papal State
(C) The Risorgimento
(D) Her digestion
14. How does Daisy react when Winterbourne suggests that she and Giovanelli might be in love?
(A) She seems to be angry and offended
(B) She makes the loser sign
(C) She burst into tears
(D) She seems to think its a pretty good joke
15. Which character, after Daisy, seems least concerned with social convention?
(A) Giovanelli
(B) Mrs. Walker
(C) Mrs. Costello
(D) Eugenio
16. Which character does not suffer from any physical ailment or malady in the novel?
(A) Randolph
(B) Daisy
(C) Mrs. Walker
(D) Mrs. Costello
17. At Daisys funeral, what does Giovanelli tell Winterbourne about Daisy?
(A) That she was stuck up
(B) That she was innocent
(C) That she was ignorant
(D) That she was wealthy
18. On her deathbed, what does Daisy want Winterbourne to know?
(A) She always thought he was too formal
(B) She was never engaged to Giovanelli
(C) She remembered their trip to Chillon fondly and wondered if he did too
(D) B and C
19. Many of Jamess contemporary readers condemned Daisy Miller because his representative of
American girlhood seemed how?
(A) Vulgar
(B) Ignorant
(C) Immoral
(D) A, B, and C
20. When Mrs. Costello pretends to think that Daisys last name is Baker or Chandler, what is she
doing?
(A) Mocking Daisys family for being nouveau riche
(B) Mocking Daisys family for having made their money in trade
(C) Mocking Daisys family for not being Irish
(D) A and B
1. What is the name of the character who fulfills the role of "central observing consciousness?"
(A) Winterbourne
(B) Giovanelli
(C) Daisy Miller
(D) the narrator
2. The summer resort overwhelmed by American tourists in which Winterbourne and Daisy meet is
named what?
(A) Saratoga Springs
(B) Bath
(C) Rome
(D) Vevey
3. What is the relationship of Mrs. Costello to Winterbourne?
(A) She is his aunt
(B) She is his neighbor
(C) She is his lover
(D) She is his mother
4. Which member of the Miller family meets Winterbourne first?
(A) Mrs. Miller
(B) Mr. Miller
(C) Daisy
(D) Randolph
5. Rome's social atmosphere resembles which other city the most in the novella?
(A) Athens
(B) New York
(C) Vevey
(D) Geneva
6. What do the rumors around Winterbourne's "studying" in Geneva likely pertain to?
(A) He studies human behavior, which was taken less seriously as a study
(B) He is finishing up an advanced degree at the University
(C) He is interested in a clever, foreign woman
(D) He is lazy and does not work
7. What does Randolph ask Winterbourne for when he approaches his table with an alpenstock?
(A) advice
(B) candy
(C) sugar
(D) money
8. When Daisy first meets Winterbourne she reacts in what manner?
(A) She is shy, giggling often
(B) She is quiet and indifferent
(C) She is curious, asking Winterbourne many questions
(D) She is exuberantly cheerful
9. To what site does Winterbourne promise to take Daisy when she tells him that her family will not be
able to take her?
(A) the Colosseum
(B) Lake Geneva
(C) Big Ben
(D) the Chteau de Chillon
10. Who is Eugenio?
(A) the Miller's courier
(B) Winterbourne's friend
(C) Daisy's Italian gentleman companion
(D) A guest of Mrs. Walker
11. Winterbourne is mainly interested in Daisy the first time he meets her because of ______?
(A) her beauty
(B) her family's money
(C) his boredom
(D) her youth
12. In chapter one, Winterbourne was afraid that Daisy may be a/an ______?
(A) bore
(B) old maid
(C) ghost
(D) coquette
13. What excuse does Winterbourne give for his aunt not being able to meet Daisy?
(A) Daisy is too uncultivated and vulgar
(B) Mrs. Costello's headaches
(C) His aunt is out of town
(D) His aunt hates to meet new people
14. After Mrs. Miller and Winterbourne meet, what does Daisy spontaneously asks Winterbourne to do?
(A) have dinner with her family the next evening
(B) take her for a boat ride
(C) meet Eugenio
(D) go for a moonlit stroll
15. Why does Daisy become angry at Winterbourne during their trip to Chillon?
(A) He speaks too much about the history of the site
(B) He is leaving Vevey very soon
(C) He mocks her innocence
(D) She is jealous because of his relations with another woman in Vevey
16. What is Daisy's solution to the problem Mrs. Walker raises when Daisy wishes to walk to the Pincio
from Mrs. Walker's house?
(A) She will not go
(B) She will walk with Winterbourne to the Pincio
(C) She will ride in Mrs. Walker's carriage to the Pincio
(D) She will have Giovanelli meet her at Mrs. Walker's house
17. How does Winterbourne react to Mrs. Walker's behavior in the carriage at the Pincio gardens?
(A) He pities Daisy and Giovanelli, telling them to walk off as he handles Mrs. Walker
(B) He immediately sides with Mrs. Walker, scoffing at Daisy
(C) He thinks she is overreacting and not clever
(D) He refuses to approach the carriage
18. Why does Daisy say she would never want to dance with Winterbourne?
(A) She prefers the arms of Giovanelli
(B) He is too stiff
(C) He is not attractive enough for her
(D) She does not like him
19. When is NOT an occasion the reader observes Daisy become offended and hurt?
(A) After Winterbourne declares that it does not matter if he thinks she is engaged or not
(B) On the boat ride to Chillon with Winterbourne
(C) As Winterbourne mentions that she and Giovanelli may be in love
(D) Mrs. Walker's obvious snub of Mrs. Miller and her daughter as they left the party
20. In what location does Daisy likely become infected with Roman fever?
(A) the Colosseum
(B) the courtyard in front of St. Peter's Cathedral
(C) the waters at Vevey
(D) her hotel in Rome
21. The attendance at Daisy's funeral can best be described as _________.
(A) scarce
(B) more abundant than expected
(C) only family
(D) a virtual parade of men
22. Giovanelli told Winterbourne that Daisy was the most ________ when he saw him at her funeral.
(A) pitiful
(B) scandalous
(C) innocent
(D) ignorant
23. What object functioned synecdochally for Giovanelli's character?
(A) the flowers in his buttonhole
(B) brightly colored spats
(C) his bow tie
(D) his top hat
24. What is the umbrella symbolic of in this quotation: "But I noticed that you were as stiff as an
umbrella the first time I saw you.?"
(A) an imitation gentleman
(B) Winterbourne's sexual arousal
(C) a storm of emotion
(D) a tree
25. Daisy wanted Winterbourne to know _________ before she died.
(A) that she loved Giovanelli and was engaged to him
(B) that she was not engaged
(C) that she was purposely rebelling
(D) that she loved another man
How does Daisy die?
(A) She catches Roman fever.
(B) She dies of pneumonia.
(C) She is fatally injured in a carriage accident.
(D) She poisons herself.
How does Winterborne come to finally understand Daisys personality?
(A) Daisy comes to him in a dream.
(B) Daisy sent him letters from her deathbed.
(C) Winterborne has a long conversation with Mrs. Miller.
(D) Winterborne reads Daisys diary after her death.
What does Daisy do that shocks and offends Mrs. Walker in Rome?
(A) She agrees to go for a boat ride with Winterborne
(B) She asks to bring Randolph to the party
(C) She fails to introduce Mrs. Walker to her mother
(D) She plans to go alone to meet Mr. Giovanelli
What does Daisy say that she prefers more than advice?
(A) Light conversation
(B) Shopping
(C) Sightseeing
(D) Tea
What is Daisy Millers real name?
(A) Amy C. Miller
(B) Angie P. Miller
(C) Annie P. Miller
(D) Penny E. Miller
What is Mr. Giovanellis profession?
(A) Businessman
(B) Gentleman
(C) Lawyer
(D) Scholar
Where is Daisy Millers home town?
(A) Geneva, Switzerland
(B) London, England
(C) Schenectady, New York
(D) Vevey, Switzerland
Who accompanies Daisy and Winterborne on their visit to the castle?
(A) Eugenio
(B) Mr. Giovanelli
(C) No one accompanies them.
(D) Randolf
Who does Mrs. Walker pick up in her carriage?
(A) Daisy Miller
(B) Mr. Giovanelli
(C) Mrs. Costello
(D) Winterborne
Why does Mrs. Costello refuse to meet Daisy?
(A) Because Daisys family is not from Switzerland
(B) Because Mrs. Costello is a recluse and refuses to meet anyone
(C) Because Mrs. Costello is jealous of Daisys mother
(D) Because Mrs. Costello disapproves of Daisys behavior
Why does Winterborne go to the Colosseum?
(A) To enjoy the moonlight
(B) To look for Mr. Giovanelli
(C) To propose to Daisy
(D) To retrieve his pocket watch
Why does Winterborne go to Vevey in the summer?
(A) To do research
(B) To find an American wife
(C) To look for his brother
(D) To visit his aunt
Who arrives at the house Winterbourne is visiting? (from Part 2)
(A) Daisy and her family
(B) Mrs. Miller, looking for Daisy
(C) One of Daisy's Italian gentlemen
(D) Randolph, looking for sweets
2. What is the irony of Mrs. Costello? (from Part 2)
(A) she is more naive than Daisy
(B) she is trying to deny her American past
(C) she is American with an Italian last name
(D) she has no particular religious beliefs
3. What is the irony of Mrs. Costello's attitude? (from Part 1)
(A) she judges Daisy without ever having met her
(B) she was once just like Daisy before she married
(C) she is looked down on by Europeans herself
(D) she is American, too, and her grandaughters are like Daisy
4. What does Winterbourne volunteer to do? (from Part 2)
(A) find Daisy a carriage
(B) hold the door open for Daisy to exit
(C) call on Daisy the next day
(D) walk with Daisy to her rendezvous
5. What is it that Winterbourne no longer believes in about Daisy? (from Part 2)
(A) her innocence
(B) her indiscretion
(C) her intelligence
(D) her sense of style
6. What in Daisy's action indicates that she does not anticipate doing? (from Part 1)
(A) anything wrong
(B) anything moral
(C) anything non controversial
(D) anything secret
7. What is Daisy doing, according to Mrs. Costello, that disturbs Winterbourne? (from Part 2)
(A) avoiding the Americans
(B) entertaining men
(C) behaving snobbishly
(D) staying out late at night
8. Why will it be easy for Winterbourne to visit Daisy in Rome? (from Part 1)
(A) his job often takes him to Rome and Paris
(B) he can transfer his job to Rome whenever he wishes
(C) his aunt has an apartment where and he is planning to go
(D) he will have holiday time while she is in Rome
9. Winterbourne makes a conclusion that Daisy is not an innocent child but a woman with what
attribute? (from Part 2)
(A) willingness to conform to social propriety
(B) disregard for social propriety
(C) care about what others think of her
(D) unintelligence
10. What does Winterbourne tell Daisy about? (from Part 2)
(A) the rumor of her engagement
(B) the concert he where would like to take her
(C) the joke he played on Mrs. Walker
(D) the illness of Mrs. Costello
11. A few days later at Mrs. Walker's party, how does Daisy show up? (from Part 2)
(A) over dressed
(B) with to many jewels
(C) under dressed
(D) with Giovanelli
12. What appears to be a double standard involving Winterbourne and his judgment of Daisy's morals?
(A) his pursuit of her although thinking her coarse
(B) his own relationship in Geneva
(C) his attitude toward servants
(D) his eye for all the pretty ladies
13. What indicates that Winterbourne is actually eager to see Daisy? (from Part 2)
(A) he doesn't talk about her with Mrs. Costello
(B) he tries to appear eager to please Daisy
(C) he looks her up first when he gets to Rome
(D) he skipped Bologna and Florence on his way to Rome
14. What does Winterbourne's behavior indicate to Daisy? (from Part 2)
(A) that he is not interested
(B) that he hates the Italians
(C) that he wants to marry her
(D) that he is interested in her money
15. How does Winterbourne defend Daisy? (from Part 2)
(A) saying she is just trying to learn the language
(B) saying she is not cultured but not bad
(C) saying she is only naive
(D) saying she is the innocent victim of her beauty
16. Who does Winterbourne warn about Daisy's behavior? (from Part 2)
(A) Daisy, herself
(B) Randolph
(C) Mrs. Costello
(D) Mrs. Miller
17. What is a central clash in the novel? (from Part 1)
(A) style versus garrishness
(B) men versus women
(C) American versus European culture
(D) youth versus age
18. How do people like Mrs. Costello often make judgments of others? (from Part 2)
(A) based on gossip
(B) based on observation
(C) based on the Bible
(D) based on the facts
19. What are Americans seen as failing to do? (from Part 1)
(A) properly appreciate Europe's ancient charms
(B) speak loudly in public
(C) eat with the right utensils
(D) learning european languages
20. At what point does Winterbourne begin to doubt Daisy's innocence? (from Part 2)
(A) when the parasol hides them from him
(B) when Daisy is not in her hotel room
(C) when Daisy walks out Mrs. Walker's door
(D) when Daisy refuses to get in the carriage
21. What does Daisy say she intends to do? (from Part 2)
(A) to sit in the garden and read
(B) to look for new men
(C) to stroll and socialize with Mr. Giovanelli
(D) to find a local bar
22. At the Colosseum, what does Winterbourne give Daisy over to? (from Part 2)
(A) her own insanity
(B) his personal protection from Giovanelli
(C) an arrest as a prostitute
(D) the advances of Mr. Giovanelli
23. Why does Vevey appear to be more relaxed in social values than in other parts of Europe?
(A) because of its international flavor
(B) because of its isolation
(C) because of its tolerant religion
(D) because of its higher level of education
24. What does Daisy berate Winterbourne for? (from Part 2)
(A) not standing up for her
(B) not calling at her hotel
(C) not minding his own business
(D) believing everything he hears
25. What does Winterbourne conclude when he thinks he can spend time alone with Daisy?
(A) that Daisy is not as innocent as she looks
(B) that Daisy's mother will relent and go with them
(C) that Daisy is teasing him and it will never happen
(D) that Daisy is too innocent to know what she's doing