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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. What did Mary's mother point out to Mary when Mary was 19?
2. What does Mary do with a hundred lira note?
3. For what is the Princess known?
4. What does Mary say she would give Rowley if she could?
5. Why does Karl Richter take the job at the restaurant as a violinist?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Mary begin to respond to Matthew's drinking?
2. How does Rowley find the handgun in Mary's purse and how does that change the conversation?
3. How does Edgar bring up the subject of marriage to Mary?
4. Why does the Princess choose the restaurant they are at for the party and how is she disappointed?
5. How has Mary been spending her time lately and what bearing does that have to do with Mary being at the villa?
6. What happens to distress Mary about Matthew?
7. What sort of arrangements does Edgar make with Ciro?
8. What is surprising about Mary's response to Edgar's proposal?
9. How long has Mary known Edgar and what was Mary's mother's opinion of the man?
10. What does Mary say about why she marries Matthew Panton?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Edgar had been a family friend from the time of Mary's youth. She says that when she was nineteen, her mother pointed out that Edgar was in love with her and Mary had dismissed the idea, saying that Edgar - at forty-three - was "an old man." Discuss the following:
1. Do you think many marriages where there is over twenty years difference in age can be successful? Explain your answers with examples from your personal knowledge and from the text.
2. What do you think is the likelihood that marriage to Edgar would be fulfilling and happy for Mary? Give examples from the text to support your statements.
3. What do you think is the likelihood that marriage to Mary would be fulfilling and happy for Edgar? Give examples from the text to support your statements.
Essay Topic 2
Though Mary is fully an adult in her early thirties and has had an abusive marriage, she is still rather naive, though she seems to mature and become more of an adult by the end of the novel. Discuss the following:
1. Define Bildungsroman, or "Coming of Age," and give several examples from literature you have read.
2. Trace and analyze the character of Mary as she changes from a rather naive woman to a sadder, but wiser, woman. What are the significant events in this brief week that change Mary?
3. After thoroughly analyzing Mary's growth, do you think Up at the Villa could be considered Mary's Coming of Age story? Why or why not?
4. Are there any other characters in Up at the Villa who go through a Coming of Age experience? Who? Why do you think so?
Essay Topic 3
Mary and Rowley take Karl's body and dump it in some weeds, though they really have done nothing criminally wrong. Discuss the following:
1. Do you think Mary and Rowley do the best thing considering the circumstances? What could they have done differently? Is it conceivable that Mary is correct in fearing being arrested?
2. Do you think Mary is directly responsible for Karl's death? Why or why not?
3. Do you think Mary is morally responsible for Karl's death? Why or why not?
4. What do you think Mary could have done to prevent Karl from killing himself?
5. What would you have done in Mary's place when Karl first expresses his desire to see Mary again?
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