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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. Fran invites Katey to the runarounds at Belmont, an event involving what type of animals?

2. What engraved item of Tinker's does Katey find within her pocket after Tinker drops her off at home with Eve?

3. The epigraph of the novel Rules of Civility is taken from what text?

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

5. Katey tells Tinker that she likes to frequent what types of buildings when the buildings are empty?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason do Katey and Eve have to "start improvising" (17) on New Year's Eve?

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

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

4. In what way does Katey demonstrate loyalty during her third meeting with Anne, which occurs within a hotel?

5. What happens to bring Katey into contact with Anne for the third time within the narrative?

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

7. In what manner is the novel Rules of Civility organized?

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

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

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

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

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

What is the function of Fran's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by the author in depicting Fran and include in your discussion the reasons that the author portrays Fran in these particular ways.

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