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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. Why couldn't Mary end the marriage?
2. How does Mary respond to Edgar's question?
3. Who is Nina?
4. What does Karl point out to Mary as they are driving to her villa?
5. What does Edgar ask Mary?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does narration say of the villa in which Mary is staying?
2. What are the topics of conversation between Rowley and Mary?
3. What does Mary point out about Rowley's reputation and what is his response?
4. How does Karl present himself?
5. What is surprising about Mary's response to Edgar's proposal?
6. Why does the Princess choose the restaurant they are at for the party and how is she disappointed?
7. What does Mary think of the Princess' comments on marriage to Edgar?
8. What is passed around at the end of the party and what does Mary do?
9. Why does Rowley propose to Mary and how does she respond?
10. What sort of arrangements does Edgar make with Ciro?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Edgar had been a family friend from the time of Mary's youth. She says that when she was nineteen, her mother pointed out that Edgar was in love with her and Mary had dismissed the idea, saying that Edgar - at forty-three - was "an old man." Discuss the following:
1. Do you think many marriages where there is over twenty years difference in age can be successful? Explain your answers with examples from your personal knowledge and from the text.
2. What do you think is the likelihood that marriage to Edgar would be fulfilling and happy for Mary? Give examples from the text to support your statements.
3. What do you think is the likelihood that marriage to Mary would be fulfilling and happy for Edgar? Give examples from the text to support your statements.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the following:
1. Compare/contrast Rowley Flint with Edgar Swift. How are they alike? How are they different? Are they sympathetic characters? Who would you most likely have as a friend? Why? Is each one believable? Why or why not?
2. Compare/contrast Rowley Flint with Karl Richter. How are they alike? How are they different? Are they sympathetic characters? Who would you most likely have as a friend? Why? Is each one believable? Why or why not?
3. Compare/contrast Mary as she seems early in the book and in her flashbacks to how Mary is by the end of the book. Is she the same? Different? Wiser? More or less daring? Is she likable? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Up at the Villa, like many, and perhaps a majority of novels, seems to end on a happy note. Discuss the following:
1. Why do you think many (most?) people want what they perceive as a happy or good ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why?
2. What are three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of Up at the Villa and whether or not it fulfills all three, two or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why Up at the Villa is or is not successful in fulfilling the reasons you discuss.
3. Do you think reading solely for entertainment is as good a reason to read as any other? Why or why not? Can any work of fiction or non-fiction, no matter how poorly written, enlighten, teach, stimulate thought? Why or why not?
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