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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 is Alfred Goddard?

2. When does Dr. Lorrimer change his will?

3. Whose letters do the detectives find in a locked drawer in Dr. Lorrimer's room?

4. What accounting does Mawson give Dalgliesh?

5. What does Brenda see in the chapel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Brenda work the day after the discovery of the murder and what does she discuss with Director Howarth?

2. What does Dalgliesh find during his search of the chapel?

3. What does Dalgliesh think about concerning his interview with Dr. Kerrison?

4. Where do Dalgliesh and Massingham go at the opening of Book 4, Chapter 1 and what do they learn?

5. What does Major Hunt tell Dalgliesh and Massingham about Dr. Lorrimer's will?

6. Describe the scene at the chapel when Dalgliesh and Massingham arrive and what do they do.

7. What does Bradley tell Dalgliesh when questioned about the vomit?

8. Who do Dalgliesh and Massingham meet upon arriving at the Lorrimer cottage and what do they learn from the person?

9. What do Angela Foley and Stella Mawson talk about before Stella leaves the house?

10. What does Dalgliesh learn from Domenica about Dr. Lorrimer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Inspector Adam Dalgliesh is in some ways a larger-than-life hero. Despite incredible odds, he almost always comes solves the crime in this book and in the others in the series. Discuss the following:

1. Does having a larger-than-life hero make that person less of a hero? In other words, is it more admirable to have a hero who ultimately always "lands on his feet," or one who strives against impossible odds and does not always succeed?

2. Does a character have to be successful in order to be a hero? Explain your answer.

3. Choose one other character besides Dalgliesh who you might call a hero/heroine in Death of an Expert Witness and explain why you choose that person.

4. Does every work of fiction have to have a hero? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Compare and contrast Dr. Lorrimer with Dr. Kerrison. How are they similar and how are they different? Do you think Dr. Lorrimer's hatred of Dr. Kerrison had any basis in Dr. Lorrimer's own self image?

2. Compare and contrast Director Howarth with Domenica Schofield. How are they similar and how are they different? Can you tell where they have similar issues by being half siblings?

3. Compare and contrast Adam Dalgliesh with John Massingham.How are they similar and how are they different? How are their investigative styles alike or different? How do they interact with people differently?

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