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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Lieutenant Nulty bitter?
(a) He can't get a pay raise.
(b) The department only gives him low-priority cases to solve.
(c) He can't get a promotion.
(d) His wife has just left him.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 7, why does Lindsay Marriott phone Marlowe?
(a) He tells Marlowe he knows where Velma and Malloy are.
(b) He wants to invite Marlowe to dinner.
(c) He warns Marlowe to stop asking questions about Velma.
(d) He wants to hire Marlowe for a job.

3. What does Marlowe find hidden in the mouthpieces of Lindsay Marriott's Russian cigarettes?
(a) His own business card.
(b) Business cards for Jules Amthor, a psychic consultant.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) Coded messages.

4. What does Mrs. Grayle tell Marlowe the robbers returned to her the night of her robbery?
(a) Her ruby pendant.
(b) Her stolen purse.
(c) One of the rings they had just stolen from her.
(d) Her diamond bracelet.

5. What is Philip Marlowe's profession?
(a) He's a musician.
(b) He's an accountant.
(c) He's a college professor.
(d) He's a private detective.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anne Riordan tells Marlowe that the owner of the stolen jade necklace is ______________.

2. What rests atop Lindsay Marriott's piano?

3. Who took the Russian cigarettes with the paper mouthpieces from Lindsay Marriott's dead body?

4. At the end of Chapter 12, who tells Marlowe to leave Marriott's murder investigation to the police?

5. Which of the following statements does not describe what Marlowe sees as he approaches Jessie Florian's home?

(see the answer key)

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