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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 color hair does Agnes have?

2. What does Carmen demand from Brody?

3. Whose bedroom did the id move Geiger's body?

4. When does the woman say Geiger will be back?

5. Who does Marlowe call in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marlowe discover from the dead body?

2. What's Marlowe's excuse for looking for Regan?

3. How does Mars react to the fact that there maybe a gray Plymouth on Marlowe's tail?

4. What clue does Marlowe find?

5. What more clues does Marlowe find at Geiger's house?

6. What does Marlowe claim he thought the real case was?

7. What happens at 7:20?

8. What does Marlowe report to the Sternwood's butler?

9. Describe the tussle at the beginning of chapter 23.

10. What is Vivian's alibi?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the novel's dialogue. How does Cahndler's dialogue contribute to the following areas:

1) Character

2) Setting

3) Plot

Essay Topic 2

Why did Chandler chose to examine pornography in the Big Sleep? What is his view is on the industry? Does he communicate this view through the character of Philip Marlowe? What was the perception of pornography in thirties America compared to what it is today?

Essay Topic 3

The Big Sleep is a famous book which has greatly influenced modern literature. Choose a book written after the novel that you think was influenced by it and discuss there similarities in terms of:

a) plot

b) character

c) themes.

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