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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what kind of restaurant does Katey wear her new blue dress with the white dots?
(a) Italian.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Vegetarian.
(d) French.

2. In Chapter 7, Eve and Tinker return from a vacation in what location?
(a) Puerto Rico.
(b) Marrakesh.
(c) Key West.
(d) The Galapagos Islands.

3. Eve tells Katey that she wants to be which director?
(a) Zanuck.
(b) Chaplin.
(c) Welles.
(d) DeMille.

4. Katey estimates Tinker's coat to be worth at least how much money?
(a) $500.
(b) $200.
(c) $25.
(d) $300.

5. What does Katey do when Charlotte exits the train without her important documents?
(a) She slips the documents into her own bag.
(b) She flips the documents out of the window.
(c) She chases after Charlotte.
(d) She calls their boss.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Eve name as the lender of the car she drives in Chapter 9?

2. In what decade of their lives had Val and Katey started seeing each other?

3. In what line of business is Fran's family engaged?

4. While in the company of Anne, Katey notices that Anne is not wearing what item of clothing?

5. To what creature does Bucky compare Tinker toward the end of the Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the narrator's character and situation within 1938.

2. For what purpose does Towles include an allusion to Gertrude Stein within Chapter 9?

3. What is the symbolism inherent in the character of Nathaniel Parrish, as he is featured within Chapter 12?

4. Discuss an example when Towles uses a simile within the novel's narrative and discuss its effects.

5. In what way does the epigraph of Rules of Civility depict the theme of class difference?

6. In what way is the theme of family bonds depicted in Tinker's comments about his brother Hank?

7. In what manner is the novel Rules of Civility organized?

8. What is Katey's reaction when she receives the correspondence from Eve in Palm Beach?

9. What is the setting of the novel's Preface?

10. Describe the correspondence Katey receives from Eve during Eve's and Tinker's trip to Palm Beach.

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