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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. For what does Angela want to search?
2. When do Dalgliesh and Massingham visit Dr. Kerrison?
3. To what does Director Howarth think back?
4. When does Dr. Lorrimer change his will?
5. About whom is Dalgliesh thinking as he is in his motel room?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the scene at the chapel when Dalgliesh and Massingham arrive and what do they do.
2. What does Dalgliesh learn upon interviewing Inspector Doyle?
3. What do the detectives learn from Mr. Lorrimer?
4. Why is Brenda Pridmore's mother upset and what does she want Brenda to tell Dalgliesh?
5. What does Dalgliesh think about concerning his interview with Dr. Kerrison?
6. What does Angela Foley do when she learns of Stella's death and what does Dalgliesh believe about the death?
7. What additional information does Dalgliesh learn from Angela Foley?
8. How does Dalgliesh sum up his investigation so far at the end of the first day?
9. What do several witnesses on a bus tell the detectives?
10. What does Major Hunt tell Dalgliesh and Massingham about Dr. Lorrimer's will?
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
Brenda Pridmore's character serves at least two functions in the novel. Discuss the following:
1. Analyze Brenda Pridmore's character. What are her strengths, weaknesses and personality? Is she a sympathetic character?
2. One of Brenda Pridmore's function in the story is to be as "ignorant" as the reader about criminal investigations and evidence gathering in order to ask questions that the reader might ask and thus educate the reader. How well does Brenda Pridmore serve in this function?
3. A second function for the character of Brenda Pridmore is to serve as a literary foil to several of the character. Define the term "literary foil" and analyze how Pridmore serves as a foil and to what characters and how she does so.
Essay Topic 3
There are several instances of irony in Death of an Expert Witness. Discuss the following:
1. Thoroughly define and offer several examples of irony.
2. Find three cases of irony in Death of an Expert Witness. Describe the situation and why you think it is ironic.
3. There is another type of irony called "dramatic irony." Thoroughly define the term "dramatic irony," and find at least one example of it in Death of an Expert Witness and explain why you think it is dramatic irony.
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