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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 what way does Wallace's behavior change after he has spent some time with Katey?
2. The police knock on Katey's door in the middle of the night with which person in tow?
3. What word do Katey and Wallace settle on when deciding what word he should use to describe her hair?
4. Katey says to her acquaintance that she sees Tinker in the restaurant with his what?
5. What is Bitsy's last name?
Short Essay Questions
1. The origin of what important relationship of Katey's is revealed within Chapter 16 when Katey attends a party at Whileaway?
2. Into whom does Katey run at a Conde Nast-associated party and what does she realize about this person?
3. How does the advice Bitsy gives Kate about Wallace dovetail with the engraving on Tinker's lighter?
4. Describe the way in which Katey compares her relationship with Wallace to a game of honeymoon bridge.
5. What is the setting of Chapter 18, when Katey reunites with Tinker?
6. In what way is humor included within Dicky and Katey's date to Carnegie Hall?
7. What confession does Tinker make to Katey during their time in the Adirondacks?
8. Describe the character of Wallace, with whom Katey reconnects in Chapter 13.
9. In what way does the theme of hypocrisy enter the narrative in relation to Katey?
10. In what way does the relationship between Katey and Tinker change during their trip to the Adirondacks?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Write a critical essay about Amor Towles's novel Rules of Civility while using the critical power theory lens of feminist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's treatment of gender roles, the objectification of women, female empowerment, misogyny's role within society, or any other issues related to feminist theory that can be found in the novel.
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