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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 does Mars order his men to do?

2. How is the Kid linked to Geiger?

3. What does Brody give Agnes?

4. Where does Marlowe find Geiger's dead body?

5. What is gone from Geiger's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Brody admit to Marlowe in chapter 16?

2. Describe the fight that takes place in chapter 15?

3. Describe Vivian Regan.

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

5. What has Marlowe figured out about the case in the final chapter?

6. What does chapter 31 say about Carmen's character?

7. What does Carmen remember from the night before?

8. Why does Marlowe not want the Butler to call a taxi?

9. What does Marlowe see when he heads outside?

10. In what way has the woman threatened Vivian?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel is set mostly in Los Angeles.

1) What meaning does Los Angeles bring to the novel? What would you automatically presume about a novel that was set in Los Angeles?

2) How different do you think today's Los Angeles is to the Los Angeles in the novel? How do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's Los Angeles?

3) How do you think the Los Angeles settings of the novel contributes to the novel's spirtual meaning?

Essay Topic 2

What is Chandler's view on homosexuality? How does he communicate these views through Marlowe? Why do the students think that Chandler links his homosexual characters to pornography and murder?How would the majority of readers in the thirties have reacted to a homosexual character?

Essay Topic 3

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

1) Character

2) Setting

3) Plot

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