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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 question does Dicky ask Katey before they part after the party thrown for the Hollingsworths' son?
2. Wallace shows Katey a gun like the one that had killed what famous criminal(s)?
3. In what month will Mason decide which of his personal assistants to keep?
4. What does Anne name as the cheapest form of entertainment?
5. One night after parting from Alley, Katey takes what action in the restaurant's restroom?
Short Essay Questions
1. Into whom does Katey run at a Conde Nast-associated party and what does she realize about this person?
2. In what way does the theme of hypocrisy enter the narrative in relation to Katey?
3. What occurs within the section of the text entitled September 30?
4. What is the significance of Wallace's gift to his young relative?
5. In what way is humor included within Dicky and Katey's date to Carnegie Hall?
6. In what way is the theme of deception featured within Hank's comments to Katey about his brother Tinker?
7. Discuss the way in which the theme of appearance versus reality is depicted in the scene involving Katey, Eve, and the police.
8. What is the setting of Chapter 18, when Katey reunites with Tinker?
9. In what way does Tinker demonstrate an understanding of Katey's character when he constructs an invitation to meet with him again?
10. Describe the character of Dicky.
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
Discuss how and why the author instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of Amor Towles's novel Rules of Civility.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the novel's status as a work that utilizes a framed narrative. For what purpose does Towles utilize this device and what are its intended effects on the reader?
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