Daisy Miller Quizzes

Daisy Miller Quiz 1

By Cameron Peterson · Last reviewed August 21, 2000

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

Winterbourne

Daisy Miller

Giovanelli

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

Bath

Rome

Saratoga Springs

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

She is his aunt

She is his mother

She is his lover

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

Daisy

Randolph

Mrs. Miller

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

New York

Geneva

Athens

Vevey
6 What do the rumors around Winterbourne's "studying" in Geneva likely pertain to?

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

He is finishing up an advanced degree at the University

He is lazy and does not work

He is interested in a clever, foreign woman
7 What does Randolph ask Winterbourne for when he approaches his table with an alpenstock?

sugar

advice

candy

money
8 When Daisy first meets Winterbourne she reacts in what manner?

She is quiet and indifferent

She is curious, asking Winterbourne many questions

She is exuberantly cheerful

She is shy, giggling often
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?

Winterbourne's friend

the Miller's courier

Daisy's Italian gentleman companion

A guest of Mrs. Walker
11 Winterbourne is mainly interested in Daisy the first time he meets her because of ______?

her youth

her family's money

her beauty

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

ghost

bore

old maid

coquette
13 What excuse does Winterbourne give for his aunt not being able to meet Daisy?

His aunt hates to meet new people

His aunt is out of town

Daisy is too uncultivated and vulgar

Mrs. Costello's headaches
14 After Mrs. Miller and Winterbourne meet, what does Daisy spontaneously asks Winterbourne to do?

go for a moonlit stroll

take her for a boat ride

meet Eugenio

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

He speaks too much about the history of the site

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

He mocks her innocence

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 not go

She will walk with Winterbourne to the Pincio

She will have Giovanelli meet her at Mrs. Walker's house

She will ride in Mrs. Walker's carriage to the Pincio
17 How does Winterbourne react to Mrs. Walker's behavior in the carriage at the Pincio gardens?

He thinks she is overreacting and not clever

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 refuses to approach the carriage
18 Why does Daisy say she would never want to dance with Winterbourne?

She does not like him

He is too stiff

She prefers the arms of Giovanelli

He is not attractive enough for her
19 When is NOT an occasion the reader observes Daisy become offended and hurt?

On the boat ride to Chillon with Winterbourne

Mrs. Walker's obvious snub of Mrs. Miller and her daughter as they left the party

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
20 In what location does Daisy likely become infected with Roman fever?

the Colosseum

her hotel in Rome

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 _________.

scarce

only family

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.

scandalous

pitiful

ignorant

innocent
23 What object functioned synecdochally for Giovanelli's character?

his bow tie

his top hat

the flowers in his buttonhole

brightly colored spats
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 tree

an imitation gentleman

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 loved Giovanelli and was engaged to him

that she was not engaged

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