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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 will Rowley tie onto a rock and drop in the Arno river?
2. What does Mary do at the end of the chapter?
3. What does the Princess say she learned from the restaurant manager?
4. Who comes to ask about the gunshot?
5. Who sends the telegram?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Rowley ask for that upsets Mary?
2. How does the situation between Mary and Karl start to deteriorate?
3. How does the altercation between Karl and Mary resolve itself?
4. Describe the scene of Mary and Rowley getting rid of Karl's body.
5. What does Mary rush to her dresser to find and why?
6. How does Karl end up in a concentration camp and how does he get to Italy?
7. What does the Princess say about the party from the previous evening?
8. What does Rowley point out to Mary to reassure her?
9. Describe Karl's life in Austria.
10. What is the first way Rowley suggests they handle the situation and what is Mary's response?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Though Mary is fully an adult in her early thirties and has had an abusive marriage, she is still rather naive, though she seems to mature and become more of an adult by the end of the novel. Discuss the following:
1. Define Bildungsroman, or "Coming of Age," and give several examples from literature you have read.
2. Trace and analyze the character of Mary as she changes from a rather naive woman to a sadder, but wiser, woman. What are the significant events in this brief week that change Mary?
3. After thoroughly analyzing Mary's growth, do you think Up at the Villa could be considered Mary's Coming of Age story? Why or why not?
4. Are there any other characters in Up at the Villa who go through a Coming of Age experience? Who? Why do you think so?
Essay Topic 2
In chapter 4, when Karl and Mary are walking in the garden, Mary is suddenly beset with the idea of giving him the gift of a sexual encounter and they go back into the house together. Discuss the following:
1. Do you think Mary has thought through the idea of having sex with Karl long enough?
2. Can a one-time, sexual encounter with a stranger be a gift? Do you think it would be something that is kind and loving to do?
3. Other than making Karl feel good for a few hours, could Mary's gift be of any long term value?
4. Do you think Karl is ungrateful to not just accept Mary's gift and willingness to be kind to a stranger?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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