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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Marlowe do after making his phone calls?
2. Who does Marlowe avoid looking directly at?
3. What does Marlowe say has happened to Jones?
4. What is the weather like outside?
5. Who is Taggert Wilde?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
Look at the structure of the novel:
1) How does Chandler use character and dialogue to drive the narrative.
2) Discuss elements of the narrative structure, including: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?
3) Away from the main character examine the way Chandler uses the other characters in the story. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?
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