Daisy Miller Study Guide

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

• the narrator
• Winterbourne
• Giovanelli
• Daisy Miller

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 mother
• She is his aunt
• She is his neighbor
• She is his lover

4. Which member of the Miller family meets Winterbourne first?

• Mrs. Miller
• Daisy
• Mr. Miller
• Randolph

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

• Geneva
• Athens
• New York
• Vevey

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

• He is finishing up an advanced degree at the University
• 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

7. What does Randolph ask Winterbourne for when he approaches his table with an alpenstock?

• advice
• candy
• sugar
• money

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

• She is shy, giggling often
• She is quiet and indifferent
• She is exuberantly cheerful
• She is curious, asking Winterbourne many questions

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
• Lake Geneva
• Big Ben
• the Château de Chillon

10. Who is Eugenio?

• the Miller's courier
• Winterbourne's friend
• A guest of Mrs. Walker
• Daisy's Italian gentleman companion