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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. After work, Katey and Alley sometimes go out to eat what type of food together?
2. To what restaurant do Katey and Bitsy go for lunch after running into Tinker?
3. What is Bitsy's last name?
4. Katey describes Wallace's sweater as having what quality?
5. What kind of structure is Wolcott's camp?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of Wallace's gift to his young relative?
2. In what way does the theme of hypocrisy enter the narrative in relation to Katey?
3. Into whom does Katey run at a Conde Nast-associated party and what does she realize about this person?
4. From whose point of view is the section of the text entitled September 30 presented and who else is involved in the scene?
5. What is the setting of Chapter 18, when Katey reunites with Tinker?
6. How does the advice Bitsy gives Kate about Wallace dovetail with the engraving on Tinker's lighter?
7. In what way is the theme of deception featured within Hank's comments to Katey about his brother Tinker?
8. What major plot revelation is made during Chapter 19, entitled The Road to Kent?
9. Describe the way in which Katey compares her relationship with Wallace to a game of honeymoon bridge.
10. How does Towles indicate to the reader that Katey is more interested in Wallace than she may be letting on?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within the novel, and what is the author's message regarding these themes?
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
Could Amor Towles's novel Rules of Civility be classified as a coming-of-age story? Why or why not?
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