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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. Who prompts Nina to remind Mary?
2. About what did Mary and Matthew fight?
3. What does Mary wish she had done?
4. What did Mary know about that Matthew tried to hide?
5. What does the Princess ask of Mary?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is passed around at the end of the party and what does Mary do?
2. How does Karl present himself?
3. How does Rowley find the handgun in Mary's purse and how does that change the conversation?
4. Why is Mary conflicted about attending the party?
5. What is paradoxical about the Princess's personality?
6. How does Mary meet Karl Richter?
7. What does Mary point out about Rowley's reputation and what is his response?
8. Why does the Princess choose the restaurant they are at for the party and how is she disappointed?
9. What sort of arrangements does Edgar make with Ciro?
10. What does the Colonel think of Edgar's prospects in his career?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss one of the following:
1. Define irony in literary terms. Discuss the irony of the situation whereby Mary thinks she is being good to Karl when he kills himself because of her actions. Find two other incidences of irony in Up at the Villa and discuss them.
2. Define symbolism in literary terms. Discuss the use of and meaning of five symbols found in Up at the Villa.
3. Discuss the use of foreshadowing in literature. What is the purpose of foreshadowing? Cite three examples of foreshadowing and how it is used to indicate events to come in Up at the Villa.
Essay Topic 2
In chapter 4, the conversation between Karl and Mary turns to age and he says that he's twenty-three. She seems wistful, saying that he has the opportunities of youth in front of him, but Karl says that he's imprisoned by poverty. He admits to having no real plans for his future and presents a picture of hopelessness. Discuss the following:
1. Do you think Karl is truly "imprisoned" by poverty? Why or why not?
2. What do you think Karl could do to break out of the prison of poverty? Why do you think he is either unable or unwilling?
3. Why do you think it is so hard to move out of poverty either then or now? What do you think it takes to move from poverty to plenty or even great wealth?
4. Is your personality such that you think you would be one of the few who do manage to break out of poverty if you were very poor? Explain how you might differ from Karl.
Essay Topic 3
Up at the Villa takes place in Tuscany, Italy in the late 1930s. Discuss the following:
1. Research and discuss the political setting of Italy and Europe in the late 1930s. How do you think the political situation informs the plot of Up at the Villa? Explain.
2. Discuss the lives of Mary and her social group in light of what is taking place in Europe in the late 1930s. Do you think they are unaware of the pending horror that is about to be unleashed? Do their behaviors seem superficial considering that refugees are coming into Italy (not just Karl) escaping an increasingly tyrannical Germany?
3. Do you think a novel set in Europe in this area can be successful when it ignores the dire situation in Europe? Discuss your answer.
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