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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 whom is Moose Malloy searching in Chapter 1?

2. Who is parked outside the gate waiting for Marlowe when he leaves the Grayle estate at the beginning of Chapter 19?

3. What does Marlowe bathe his sore head with at the beginning of Chapter 13?

4. What does Mrs. Grayle tell Marlowe the robbers returned to her the night of her robbery?

5. Who is Moose Malloy, the man Marlowe meets outside Florian's night club?

Short Essay Questions

1. What indications are there in Chapter 13 that Marlowe finds Anne Riordan attractive?

2. What indications are there in Chapter 18 that the Grayle marriage is not a happy one?

3. What does Marlowe find hidden inside Lindsay Marlowe's cigarettes, and what does he think the hidden items indicate?

4. Why does Marlowe agree to help with Lieutenant Nulty's investigation after initially hesitating to do so?

5. What is Philip Marlowe's history prior to the beginning of the novel?

6. In what ways are Marlowe and Anne Riordan mirror characters?

7. What information does Marlowe uncover about Velma in Chapter 5, and what indications are there that the information may not be entirely reliable?

8. What indications are there of Mr. Grayle's wealth in Chapter 18?

9. In Chapter 6, why is Marlowe skeptical when Lieutenant Nulty says the police are closing in on Moose Malloy?

10. Why does Marlowe visit Jessie Florian in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss symbolism and metaphor in Farewell My Lovely. Give three examples of symbolism in the novel and discuss what the symbols are used to convey.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the depiction of women in Farewell My Lovely. Are women in positions of leadership in the novel? What characteristics are ascribed to women in the novel? Do the men in the novel treat the women as equals, or do they try to dominate them? How does the treatment of women in the 1940's world of the novel change any from what it is in the present day? Cite at least three examples from the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Few people in Farewell My Lovely turn out to be who or what they initially seem. Discuss the novel's motif of hidden identities and public masques. Cite examples form the text to support your arguments.

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