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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 is the major line of questioning Dalgliesh takes with Middlemass?
2. Who is Paul Middlemass?
3. What is lying open on the table?
4. Who calls searching for Dr. Lorrimer?
5. Who witnesses the exchange between Middlemass and Lorrimer?
Short Essay Questions
1. What upsets Director Howarth about Dr. Lorrimer?
2. Describe Stella Mawson.
3. Why is Dr. Lorrimer's father calling and what does Brenda offer to do?
4. What does Howarth do after Dalgliesh arrives and what does Dalgliesh learn about the case?
5. What does Howarth talk to Dr. Lorrimer about and what is the outcome?
6. Who arrives at the lab before any one else and what surprises one of them?
7. About what does Adam Dalgliesh speak to his boss?
8. How do Angela Foley and Stella Mawson come to be living together?
9. What does Paul Middlemass tell Dalgliesh and about what does Middlemass lie?
10. How does the interview between Dalgliesh and Easterbrook go and what does Dalgliesh learn?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Death of an Expert Witness belongs to the literary genre of mystery/detective fiction. Discuss the following:
1. Thoroughly define the term genre and offer examples of it from your own reading experience. Why do you think it is useful to categorize fiction into genres? What could be a disadvantage of doing so?
2. What do you think is the main motivation for a person to read a mystery and detective novel? Is entertainment a good enough reason? Are there any other reasons to read this genre? What? Explain fully.
3. In "academe," mystery/murder novels are often thought of as less literary than some other genres and for that reason are sometimes "snubbed" in the study of literature. Why do you think this is so? Do you agree with this "snobbery"?
Essay Topic 2
Angela Foley's grandmother has nothing to do with Angela as Angela is growing up and even allows the young girl to go to an orphanage when her mother dies. Discuss the following:
1. Does it make sense for the grandmother to take her dislike of her daughter out on her granddaughter? Why or why not. Is it ethical or moral? Or is it an ethical or moral issue? Explain.
2. How do you think it impacts Angela as a child for her grandmother to reject her especially after Angela's mother dies? How do you think this may have influenced her choices as an adult?
3. What personality traits do you think Angela holds as a result of being caught in the cross-hairs of the feud between her mother and grandmother?
4. Do you think Angela is capable of murder? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Death of an Expert Witness is one book in a series of novels involving Adam Dalgliesh. Discuss the following.
1. What are two advantages of writing and reading a series of novels about the same characters? Use examples.
2. What are two disadvantages of writing and reading a series of novels about the same characters? Use examples.
3. Do you prefer to read a standalone book, or a series of books with the same main characters? Explain your response.
4. Do you think it is easier or more difficult to write a standalone book versus one in a series? Explain your answer.
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