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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. Eve tells Katey that she wants to be which director?
2. While in the company of Anne, Katey notices that Anne is not wearing what item of clothing?
3. Tinker tells Eve and Katey that he is waiting for which member of his family?
4. Which member of Eve's family had aided her in getting a job with Pembroke Press?
5. At the start of Chapter 6, Katey's life is NOT said to include which of the following characteristics?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Katey's reaction when she receives the correspondence from Eve in Palm Beach?
2. Discuss an example when Towles uses a simile within the novel's narrative and discuss its effects.
3. What is significant about Eve's correction of Katey's toast in Chapter 9?
4. What aspect of Katey's visit with her father and uncle in Chapter 11 cause her to consider her own prospects?
5. What major development occurs at the very end of Chapter 11, after Katey sees her father and uncle?
6. Describe the narrator's character and situation within 1938.
7. What is the symbolism inherent in the character of Nathaniel Parrish, as he is featured within Chapter 12?
8. Describe the moment when Eve and Katey encounter Tinker.
9. Describe the character of Fran, as she is introduced in Chapter 8.
10. In what way is the plight of the working woman depicted within the character of Charlotte in Chapter 3?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Amor Towles's novel Rules of Civility. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the reasons why Amor Towles's novel Rules of Civility tells the story from Katey's first-person point of view. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Towles's intended effects on the reader?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze Amor Towles's novel Rules of Civility from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?
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