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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. What action does Katey take the morning after she goes to dinner in her new dress?
(a) She calls her mother.
(b) She goes swimming.
(c) She quits her job.
(d) She fires her assistant.

2. In what language are Charlotte and her grandmother speaking to each other as Katey approaches?
(a) Yiddish.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Greek.
(d) German.

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

4. At the start of Chapter 6, Katey's life is NOT said to include which of the following characteristics?
(a) She saves money.
(b) Her roommate is still Eve.
(c) She has a home in which to live.
(d) She works.

5. Chapter 1 of the novel takes place on the final night of which year?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1929.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what socioeconomic bracket had Eve grown up as a result of her family's socioeconomic status?

2. The epigraph of the novel Rules of Civility is taken from what text?

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

4. What does Katey do when Charlotte exits the train without her important documents?

5. What does Eve NOT list as a reason for her choice not to accompany Tinker on a tour of London?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to bring Katey into contact with Anne for the third time within the narrative?

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

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

5. Describe the character of Eve.

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

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

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

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

10. In what way is the plight of the working woman depicted within the character of Charlotte in Chapter 3?

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