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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 type of art is the focus of the exhibit attended by Katey and Val in the Preface?
(a) Oil painting.
(b) Collage.
(c) Photography.
(d) Video installation.

2. The epigraph's last three words, "few are chosen" (vi) refers to what theme?
(a) Morality.
(b) Race.
(c) Class.
(d) Gender.

3. Whom does Eve name as the lender of the car she drives in Chapter 9?
(a) Wallace.
(b) Bucky.
(c) Fran.
(d) Tinker.

4. To what creature does Bucky compare Tinker toward the end of the Chapter 8?
(a) A phoenix.
(b) A pterodactyl.
(c) A raven.
(d) A dragon.

5. The epigraph of the novel Rules of Civility is taken from what text?
(a) The Apostolic Creed.
(b) War and Peace.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Koran.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what kind of a bar does Fran take Katey when they run into each other in Chapter 8?

2. What is the last name of the speedy typist at Quigley and Hale, into whom Katey runs on the train one day after work?

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

4. To what location does Eve take Tinker when she wants to impress him?

5. In what language are Charlotte and her grandmother speaking to each other as Katey approaches?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In what way is the theme of unfulfilled wishes depicted at some point within Chapters 1 through 5?

7. What major development occurs at the very end of Chapter 11, after Katey sees her father and uncle?

8. Discuss the significance of the as-yet-unnamed narrator's comment that "It happens to all of us. It's just a question of how many stops it takes" (5).

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

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

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