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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A She forgives him for his coldness.
B She thinks he is a horrid person.
C She is not engaged to Giovanelli.
D She has always loved him.
Question #2
A He concludes that Giovanelli and Daisy are in a physically intimate relationship.
B He concludes that Giovanelli has been purposefully endangering Daisy’s health.
C He concludes that Giovanelli and Daisy are not on such intimate terms.
D He concludes that Giovanelli and Daisy have become engaged.
Question #3
A She is mentally ill and her family is not shielding her properly from public scrutiny.
B She can’t be held accountable for her actions because her mother is entirely to blame for her behavior.
C She is inscrutable and puzzling and he doesn’t know why she acts the way she does.
D She is completely innocent and unaware about the social consequences of her behavior.
Question #4
A She wants to warn Winterbourne about Daisy’s reputation among members of high society and ask him to stop seeing her.
B She is unsuccessful in coaxing Daisy into the coach and doesn’t want to be seen driving home alone.
C She wants to drive him to visit his aunt, Mrs. Costello, who has suddenly come down with an illness.
D She wishes to confer with him privately about the best way to alter Daisy’s behavior to save her family’s reputation.
Question #5
A Winterbourne believes Daisy is acting like a typical American while Mrs. Walker thinks she is a fortune hunter.
B Winterbourne thinks Daisy is a thoughtless creature while Mrs. Walker thinks she is deliberately calculating.
C Winterbourne believes Daisy is a heartless flirt while Mrs. Walker thinks she is in love with her Italian admirer.
D Winterbourne thinks Daisy is an innocent girl while Mrs. Walker thinks she is crazy and reckless.
Question #6
A Mrs. Miller’s dyspepsia
B Mr. Miller’s business ventures
C Randolph’s education
D Daisy’s scandalous behavior
Question #7
A She is rude and intemperate at social functions.
B She refuses to take sanitary precautions against malaria.
C She has attempted to entrap several men into an engagement.
D She walks about the city alone with unmarried men.
Question #8
A He informs her that he is leaving Vevey in a few days, and she feels he is being unkind to her.
B He reads numerous descriptions about the château to her, and she thinks he is trying to bore her.
C He contrives to have the château to themselves, and she believes he is imposing himself upon her.
D He refuses to take the steamer back to the hotel in Vevey, and she thinks he is being obstinate.
Question #9
A They travel across in a small steamboat.
B Winterbourne rows her across the lake.
C They are conveyed in a private carriage.
D They take the public cars (the railway).
Question #10
A She appears to be an overbearing, interfering mother.
B She appears to be a lenient, careless mother.
C She appears to be a severe, criticizing mother.
D She appears to be a thoughtful, loving mother.
Question #11
A She accuses Winterbourne of favoring his aunt’s opinion over hers.
B She is embarrassed but then she rallies and admits that Mrs. Costello is exclusive.
C She cries because she had her heart set on being introduced to a lady of society.
D She is angry that Mrs. Costello would treat her so superciliously.
Question #12
A Daisy has been too glib in a recent conversation with Mrs. Costello.
B Daisy’s taste in clothes does not meet his aunt’s high standards.
C Daisy and her mother are on intimate terms with their courier.
D Daisy has agreed to travel to Château de Chillon with Winterbourne, unsupervised .
Question #13
A She informs him that she has always had a great deal of gentlemen’s society.
B She uses her little brother to introduce herself to Winterbourne.
C She chatters monotonously about her tastes and personal history.
D She asks him directly if he will accompany her to the Château de Chillon.
Question #14
A He observes that she is reserved and refuses to talk to most people.
B He observes that she is nervous and picks at the lace on her parasol.
C He observes that she is open and has an honest-looking countenance.
D He observes that she is shifty and refuses to look at anyone directly.
Question #15
A Randolph
B Daisy
C Eugenio
D Mrs. Miller