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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. In Chapter 7, Eve and Tinker return from a vacation in what location?
2. In what decade of their lives had Val and Katey started seeing each other?
3. Into what type of building does Katey follow Anne when she sees her on the street?
4. What is the last name of the young woman named Fran who lives in the same boardinghouse as Katey?
5. What engraved item of Tinker's does Katey find within her pocket after Tinker drops her off at home with Eve?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to bring Katey into contact with Anne for the third time within the narrative?
2. Describe the correspondence Katey receives from Eve during Eve's and Tinker's trip to Palm Beach.
3. What is significant about Eve's correction of Katey's toast in Chapter 9?
4. Describe the narrator's character and situation within 1938.
5. Describe the moment when Eve and Katey encounter Tinker.
6. In what way is the theme of family bonds depicted in Tinker's comments about his brother Hank?
7. In what way does the theme of deception enter the narrative within Katey's scenes with Charlotte in Chapter 7?
8. Discuss an example when Towles uses a simile within the novel's narrative and discuss its effects.
9. In what way is the plight of the working woman depicted within the character of Charlotte in Chapter 3?
10. What major development occurs at the very end of Chapter 11, after Katey sees her father and uncle?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author's messages about guilt and responsibility within Amor Towles's novel Rules of Civility. Focus especially on events such as Tinker's reaction to Eve's terrible injuries incurred in their car accident.
Essay Topic 2
How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within the novel, and what is the author's message regarding these themes?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Amor Towles's novel Rules of Civility and analyze the author's purpose for including each instance you discuss.
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