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

Daisy Miller

Giovanelli

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

Bath

Rome

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

She is his lover

She is his aunt

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

Daisy

Mrs. Miller

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

Vevey

New York

Athens
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 interested in a clever, foreign woman

He is lazy and does not work

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?
advice

money

candy

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

She is quiet and indifferent

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?
Lake Geneva

the Château de Chillon

Big Ben

the Colosseum
10 Who is Eugenio?
A guest of Mrs. Walker

the Miller's courier

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 beauty

her youth

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

bore

coquette

ghost
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

Daisy is too uncultivated and vulgar

His aunt is out of town
14 After Mrs. Miller and Winterbourne meet, what does Daisy spontaneously asks Winterbourne to do?
take her for a boat ride

go for a moonlit stroll

have dinner with her family the next evening

meet Eugenio
15 Why does Daisy become angry at Winterbourne during their trip to Chillon?
She is jealous because of his relations with another woman in Vevey

He mocks her innocence

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 ride in Mrs. Walker's carriage to the Pincio

She will not go

She will walk with Winterbourne 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 immediately sides with Mrs. Walker, scoffing at Daisy

He refuses to approach the carriage

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

He thinks she is overreacting and not clever
18 Why does Daisy say she would never want to dance with Winterbourne?
He is too stiff

He is not attractive enough for her

She prefers the arms of Giovanelli

She does not like him
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 waters at Vevey

the Colosseum

the courtyard in front of St. Peter's Cathedral

her hotel in Rome
21 The attendance at Daisy's funeral can best be described as _________.
scarce

more abundant than expected

a virtual parade of men

only family
22 Giovanelli told Winterbourne that Daisy was the most ________ when he saw him at her funeral.
innocent

scandalous

ignorant

pitiful
23 What object functioned synecdochally for Giovanelli's character?
his top hat

the flowers in his buttonhole

his bow tie

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 storm of emotion

a tree

an imitation gentleman

Winterbourne's sexual arousal
25 Daisy wanted Winterbourne to know _________ before she died.
that she was not engaged

that she loved another man

that she loved Giovanelli and was engaged to him

that she was purposely rebelling

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