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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 does Karl ask of Mary, which she says no to?

2. What does Mary say in response to Rowley's explanation about Karl's death?

3. About whom does the conversation turn to?

4. What does Mary tell Karl the reason she has sex with him?

5. What does Rowley reply to Mary's repeated thanks?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Mary's thoughts as she is getting read to go to the luncheon?

2. How does Mary appear as she leaves for the luncheon?

3. What does Nina relate to Mary about what Nina learns from Agata?

4. What does Mary rush to her dresser to find and why?

5. What does the Princess say about the party from the previous evening?

6. What is said between Rowley and Mary about Edgar and Mary's possible marriage to him?

7. How does Karl end up in a concentration camp and how does he get to Italy?

8. Who wakes Mary and what does Mary tell the person?

9. What is the first way Rowley suggests they handle the situation and what is Mary's response?

10. Describe Karl's life in Austria.

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

Rowley isn't very favorably seen by his peers and Mary says that his biggest disgrace is that he's never had to work. Discuss the following:

1. Do you think it is harmful for someone to be "born into money"? What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of such a situation?

2. What character traits of Rowley's do you think are directly or indirectly attributable to his never having to work and have all the money he needs/wants? Discuss fully using examples from the text.

3. Assuming you have not been born into the same type of situation as Rowley, do you think you would want to have been born into a very wealthy family that did not require you to earn a living? Why or why not.

4. What do you think Rowley should have been (could be) doing differently with his money that might be more positive--or is it positive enough to just want to enjoy life? Explain fully.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss Up at the Villa based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if Up at the Villa is a successful novel.

3. Is Up at the Villa a novel you would recommend to a friend? Why or why not? Explain.

4. Can a novel be successful and yet many readers not enjoy it? Explain your response.

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