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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. When Tinker finally reappears at the table the night he meets Katey and Eve, what object is he carrying?
2. Tinker tells Eve and Katey that he is waiting for which member of his family?
3. In which of the following ways is the character of Tinker NOT described?
4. In what language are Charlotte and her grandmother speaking to each other as Katey approaches?
5. What action do Eve and Katey take before they lead Tinker into the alley behind a movie theater?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the moment when Eve and Katey encounter Tinker.
2. 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).
3. What happens to bring Katey into contact with Anne for the third time within the narrative?
4. Describe the character of Fran, as she is introduced in Chapter 8.
5. For what purpose does Towles include an allusion to Gertrude Stein within Chapter 9?
6. For what reason do Katey and Eve have to "start improvising" (17) on New Year's Eve?
7. In what way does the epigraph of Rules of Civility depict the theme of class difference?
8. In what way does the theme of deception enter the narrative within Katey's scenes with Charlotte in Chapter 7?
9. In what way does Katey demonstrate loyalty during her third meeting with Anne, which occurs within a hotel?
10. In what way is the theme of family bonds depicted in Tinker's comments about his brother Hank?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Look carefully at the passages of the novel that describe the close relationship between a choice made in youth and the dramatic impact it can have on the remainder of one's life. What is Towles's purpose for discussing at length the nature of the connection between one small moment in time and the unfolding of the rest of one's life?
Essay Topic 2
Sensory details are used frequently by the author in order to create vivid pictures of life in New York City in the 1930s. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by the author serve the author’s creation of a vivid setting for the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Explicate the theme of appearance versus reality within Amor Towles's novel Rules of Civility. What is the author's message regarding the theme and how do you know?
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