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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eve is wearing what type of expensive jewelry on the night of the party in Chapter 7?

2. What kind of music is being played live on New Year's Eve at The Hotspot?

3. Eve tells Katey that she wants to be which director?

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

5. Katey recognizes a work of art in the exhibit that visually represents which of her former friends or acquaintances?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the narrator and protagonist, as she is presented within Chapter 1.

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

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

4. In what way does the theme of deception enter the narrative within Katey's scenes with Charlotte in Chapter 7?

5. Describe the character of Fran, as she is introduced in Chapter 8.

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

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

8. Describe the moment when Eve and Katey encounter Tinker.

9. For what reason do Katey and Eve have to "start improvising" (17) on New Year's Eve?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a critical essay about Amor Towles's novel Rules of Civility while using the critical power theory lens of feminist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's treatment of gender roles, the objectification of women, female empowerment, misogyny's role within society, or any other issues related to feminist theory that can be found in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the reasons why Amor Towles's novel Rules of Civility tells the story from Katey's first-person point of view. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Towles's intended effects on the reader?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Amor Towles's novel Rules of Civility from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?

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