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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. About whom does the conversation turn to?
2. What does Mary impulsively offer?
3. What does Mary say in response to Rowley's explanation about Karl's death?
4. Where is Karl sent?
5. What is rumored about Karl?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the altercation between Karl and Mary resolve itself?
2. Who wakes Mary and what does Mary tell the person?
3. What does Mary rush to her dresser to find and why?
4. What is the first way Rowley suggests they handle the situation and what is Mary's response?
5. What does Rowley point out to Mary to reassure her?
6. Why does Mary call Rowley?
7. What does Mary think about Rowley?
8. Describe Karl's life in Austria.
9. What startles Mary soon after Karl kills himself?
10. How does the situation between Mary and Karl start to deteriorate?
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
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?
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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