Daisy Miller Quizzes

Daisy Miller Quiz 1

1 What is the name of the character who fulfills the role of "central observing consciousness?"
the narrator

Giovanelli

Winterbourne

Daisy Miller
2 The summer resort overwhelmed by American tourists in which Winterbourne and Daisy meet is named what?
Rome

Saratoga Springs

Bath

Vevey
3 What is the relationship of Mrs. Costello to Winterbourne?
She is his mother

She is his lover

She is his aunt

She is his neighbor
4 Which member of the Miller family meets Winterbourne first?
Daisy

Mrs. Miller

Randolph

Mr. Miller
5 Rome's social atmosphere resembles which other city the most in the novella?
Vevey

New York

Athens

Geneva
6 What do the rumors around Winterbourne's "studying" in Geneva likely pertain to?
He is interested in a clever, foreign woman

He is lazy and does not work

He studies human behavior, which was taken less seriously as a study

He is finishing up an advanced degree at the University
7 What does Randolph ask Winterbourne for when he approaches his table with an alpenstock?
sugar

advice

money

candy
8 When Daisy first meets Winterbourne she reacts in what manner?
She is curious, asking Winterbourne many questions

She is exuberantly cheerful

She is shy, giggling often

She is quiet and indifferent
9 To what site does Winterbourne promise to take Daisy when she tells him that her family will not be able to take her?
the Colosseum

Big Ben

Lake Geneva

the Château de Chillon
10 Who is Eugenio?
the Miller's courier

A guest of Mrs. Walker

Winterbourne's friend

Daisy's Italian gentleman companion
11 Winterbourne is mainly interested in Daisy the first time he meets her because of ______?
her family's money

her youth

her beauty

his boredom
12 In chapter one, Winterbourne was afraid that Daisy may be a/an ______?
bore

coquette

ghost

old maid
13 What excuse does Winterbourne give for his aunt not being able to meet Daisy?
Mrs. Costello's headaches

His aunt hates to meet new people

His aunt is out of town

Daisy is too uncultivated and vulgar
14 After Mrs. Miller and Winterbourne meet, what does Daisy spontaneously asks Winterbourne to do?
take her for a boat ride

meet Eugenio

go for a moonlit stroll

have dinner with her family the next evening
15 Why does Daisy become angry at Winterbourne during their trip to Chillon?
He mocks her innocence

She is jealous because of his relations with another woman in Vevey

He speaks too much about the history of the site

He is leaving Vevey very soon
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?
She will walk with Winterbourne to the Pincio

She will not go

She will ride in Mrs. Walker's carriage to the Pincio

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?
He refuses to approach the carriage

He pities Daisy and Giovanelli, telling them to walk off as he handles Mrs. Walker

He immediately sides with Mrs. Walker, scoffing at Daisy

He thinks she is overreacting and not clever
18 Why does Daisy say she would never want to dance with Winterbourne?
She prefers the arms of Giovanelli

He is not attractive enough for her

She does not like him

He is too stiff
19 When is NOT an occasion the reader observes Daisy become offended and hurt?
As Winterbourne mentions that she and Giovanelli may be in love

After Winterbourne declares that it does not matter if he thinks she is engaged or not

On the boat ride to Chillon with Winterbourne

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?
her hotel in Rome

the Colosseum

the waters at Vevey

the courtyard in front of St. Peter's Cathedral
21 The attendance at Daisy's funeral can best be described as _________.
only family

scarce

more abundant than expected

a virtual parade of men
22 Giovanelli told Winterbourne that Daisy was the most ________ when he saw him at her funeral.
innocent

scandalous

pitiful

ignorant
23 What object functioned synecdochally for Giovanelli's character?
brightly colored spats

the flowers in his buttonhole

his top hat

his bow tie
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.?"
an imitation gentleman

a tree

Winterbourne's sexual arousal

a storm of emotion
25 Daisy wanted Winterbourne to know _________ before she died.
that she was purposely rebelling

that she loved another man

that she was not engaged

that she loved Giovanelli and was engaged to him

What drives Winterbourne's concern with Daisy's sexual behavior?

Winterbourne visits his aunt because it is proper. He is often persuaded by her opinions though cannot take the harsh view of Daisy that she holds because he finds Daisy extremely beautiful and innocently sweet, a product of her homeland. Still,...

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 3/14/2022 3:26 PM