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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. Who does Vivian think Marlowe is looking for?
2. Where does Marlowe find Geiger's dead body?
3. Who does Carmen say killed Geiger?
4. What sound comes from Geiger's house?
5. What does Carmen demand from Brody?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Marlowe discover Geiger's body?
2. Describe the Sternwood house
3. Why did the Kid move Geiger into his bedroom?
4. What does chapter 31 say about Carmen's character?
5. What does Carmen remember from the night before?
6. What does Marlowe claim he thought the real case was?
7. What has Marlowe figured out about the case in the final chapter?
8. What does Brody admit to Marlowe in chapter 16?
9. How does Marlowe make the woman in Geiger's store nervous?
10. What information does Agnes give Marlowe in chapter 27?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The women in Chandler's book are mostly negative characters with a lack of morals. Discuss the negative way that Chandler represents women. Was this negative representation common during this period? How does this representation affect his portrayal of the male characters? In what ways would Chandler have to change his portrayal of women for the novel to have the same if it was published today?
Essay Topic 2
The Big Sleep is known as hardboiled crime fiction.
1) What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot?
2) In what way did Big Sleep help to set the template for similar novels? Do modern novels still use the ideas used in Big Sleep?
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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