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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. Tinker tells Eve and Katey that he is waiting for which member of his family?
(a) His mother.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His brother.
(d) His cousin.

2. What does Eve tell Katey is the origin of the expensive jewelry she wears on the night of her party?
(a) She says she had stolen them from Macy's.
(b) She says she had borrowed them from her mother.
(c) She says she had found them in a drawer.
(d) She says that Tinker had given them to her.

3. The postcard Katey receives from Eve and Tinker has a hand-drawn arrow pointing to what element of the photo?
(a) The swimming pool.
(b) The beach.
(c) The hotel balcony.
(d) Mount Rushmore.

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

5. What is the last name of the young woman named Fran who lives in the same boardinghouse as Katey?
(a) Fusilli.
(b) Verdi.
(c) Vespucci.
(d) Pacelli.

Short Answer Questions

1. Katey estimates Tinker's coat to be worth at least how much money?

2. What is the location of the art exhibit in the Preface?

3. In what type of residence do Eve and Katey live once they live together?

4. When Chapter 1 begins, what is Katey's relationship to Eve?

5. To what kind of restaurant does Katey wear her new blue dress with the white dots?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In what way does Katey demonstrate loyalty during her third meeting with Anne, which occurs within a hotel?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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