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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 object do the police give Katey when releasing Eve into her custody?
2. Through what obstacle does Dicky lead Katey and others in order to reach the party at Whileaway?
3. Which member of Tinker's family does Katey bring up just before she and Tinker part?
4. Katey describes Wallace's sweater as having what quality?
5. By what nickname does Bitsy refer to Wallace?
Short Essay Questions
1. What qualities are revealed about Katey's character in her dealings with Pembroke Publishing?
2. Into whom does Katey run at a Conde Nast-associated party and what does she realize about this person?
3. The origin of what important relationship of Katey's is revealed within Chapter 16 when Katey attends a party at Whileaway?
4. Describe the character of Dicky.
5. In what way does the theme of hypocrisy enter the narrative in relation to Katey?
6. Discuss the way in which the theme of appearance versus reality is depicted in the scene involving Katey, Eve, and the police.
7. In what way does the beginning of Chapter 16 echo the novel's epigraph?
8. What major plot revelation is made during Chapter 19, entitled The Road to Kent?
9. What is the significance of Wallace's gift to his young relative?
10. Though conversation is scant during Katey's ride home from the party at Whileaway in Val(entine)'s car, the two do agree on one thing. What is it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Amor Towles's novel Rules of Civility and analyze the author's purpose for including each instance you discuss.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the way in which the subway photography included among the alphabetical aspects of the novel acts as a central motif of the text.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the reasons why Amor Towles's novel Rules of Civility tells the story from Katey's first-person point of view. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Towles's intended effects on the reader?
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