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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 name does Katey call Tinker when she sees him again, after Katey discovers his relationship with another woman?

2. Tinker and Katey discuss the fact that Eve has gone to what city?

3. What is the name of the estate at which the party is being held for one of the Hollingworths' sons?

4. Katey realizes that the Beresford apartment belongs to whom?

5. To what location do Katey and Tinker hike?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the advice Bitsy gives Kate about Wallace dovetail with the engraving on Tinker's lighter?

2. What deal does Mason Tate make with Katey in Chapter 21?

3. In what way does the beginning of Chapter 16 echo the novel's epigraph?

4. What major plot revelation is made during Chapter 19, entitled The Road to Kent?

5. Describe the character of Wallace, with whom Katey reconnects in Chapter 13.

6. Describe the character of Dicky.

7. In what way does the relationship between Katey and Tinker change during their trip to the Adirondacks?

8. From whose point of view is the section of the text entitled September 30 presented and who else is involved in the scene?

9. What qualities are revealed about Katey's character in her dealings with Pembroke Publishing?

10. In what way does Towles instill his description of Eve's fate with a tone of approval?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a critical essay about Amor Towles's novel Rules of Civility while using the critical power theory lens of Marxist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's treatment of issues such as socioeconomic status, hierarchies, wealth, class, or any other issues related to Marxist theory that can be found in the novel.

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

Discuss how and why the author instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of Amor Towles's novel Rules of Civility.

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