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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. Where does Marlowe discover tracks?

2. What is the camera built into?

3. What does Marlowe demand from Brody?

4. What color hair does Eddie Mars have?

5. How many times is Brody shot?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Sternwood house

2. What does Marlowe find in his apartment on his return home?

3. How does Marlowe get Brody to change his mind in chapter 16?

4. How does Marlowe react to Vivian's anger in chapter 32?

5. How does Harry claim Mars killed Regan?

6. What does Marlowe tell Eddie on the phone?

7. Describe the two Sternwood girls.

8. How does Carmen react to Marlowe's rejection?

9. What does Marlowe see when he heads outside?

10. What information does Marlowe leave out from his story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Big Sleep is written in the first person and with Marlowe as narrator. Why do you think Chandler chose to write the story in the first person? How do you think the meaning of the story would of changed if it was written in the third person?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the character of Rusty Regan:

1) What is the significance of Rusty Regan to the story? Why does the reader never see him?

2) Why do the other characters seem to be encouraging Marlowe to find Rusty?

3) In what way does Rusty Regan add intrigue to the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss whether you think this statement is true or false:

The character of Eddie Mars exemplifies a corrupt era where the only people who were successful were criminals. Use two examples from the novel to support your argument.

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