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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. What does the sign say that is hanging outside of the bar to which Fran takes Katey?

2. In what state had Tinker grown up?

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

4. At the bar to which Fran takes Katey, the men there are arguing about which artist?

5. Into what type of building does Katey follow Anne when she sees her on the street?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the narrator's character and situation within 1938.

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

3. Describe the character of Eve.

4. In what way is the plight of the working woman depicted within the character of Charlotte in Chapter 3?

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

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

7. What aspect of Katey's visit with her father and uncle in Chapter 11 cause her to consider her own prospects?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the novel's message concerning the link between wealth and happiness?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Could Amor Towles's novel Rules of Civility be classified as a coming-of-age story? Why or why not?

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