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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 action does Katey take the morning after she goes to dinner in her new dress?
2. What type of film do Eve, Tinker, and Katey see once they sneak into the theater?
3. What type of coat does Tinker wear within The Hotspot?
4. Katey estimates Tinker's coat to be worth at least how much money?
5. Katey tells Tinker that she likes to frequent what types of buildings when the buildings are empty?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the narrator's character and situation within 1938.
2. What is significant about Eve's correction of Katey's toast in Chapter 9?
3. What major development occurs at the very end of Chapter 11, after Katey sees her father and uncle?
4. What aspect of Katey's visit with her father and uncle in Chapter 11 cause her to consider her own prospects?
5. Describe the moment when Eve and Katey encounter Tinker.
6. In what way is the theme of family bonds depicted in Tinker's comments about his brother Hank?
7. In what way does the epigraph of Rules of Civility depict the theme of class difference?
8. Discuss an example when Towles uses a simile within the novel's narrative and discuss its effects.
9. Describe the character of Fran, as she is introduced in Chapter 8.
10. Describe the correspondence Katey receives from Eve during Eve's and Tinker's trip to Palm Beach.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze Amor Towles's novel Rules of Civility from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the novel's status as a work that utilizes a framed narrative. For what purpose does Towles utilize this device and what are its intended effects on the reader?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the way in which the subway photography included among the alphabetical aspects of the novel acts as a central motif of the text.
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