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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. Where does Anne Riordan want Marlowe to go for a drink at the end of Chapter 11?
2. Which of the following items is not in Marlowe's office?
3. What happens to Marlowe at the end of Chapter 9 once he tells Marriott it looks like the thieves aren't coming?
4. How does Marlowe like his coffee?
5. Whom does Moose Malloy toss out of Florian's in Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. What indications are there in Chapter 18 that the Grayle marriage is not a happy one?
2. In Chapter 13, what does Anne Riordan reveal about the owner of the stolen jade necklace?
3. What reasons does Marlowe give Anne Riordan in Chapter 19 for why he can't solve the question of who stole Mrs. Grayle's jade necklace?
4. What indications are there of Mr. Grayle's wealth in Chapter 18?
5. What does Marlowe find hidden inside Lindsay Marlowe's cigarettes, and what does he think the hidden items indicate?
6. Who is Little Velma, and why is Moose Malloy looking for the woman?
7. In Chapter 6, why is Marlowe skeptical when Lieutenant Nulty says the police are closing in on Moose Malloy?
8. What is unusual about Moose Malloy's appearance?
9. In what ways are Marlowe and Anne Riordan mirror characters?
10. Who is Second Planting, and what is ironic about his referral to himself as a "Hollywood Indian"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Three murders occur in the novel. Discuss the theme of murder in Farewell My Lovely. What are the motivations for the murders? What theme(s) or lesson(s) do you think the author is trying to convey through these incidents? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Philip Marlowe's adventures in Farewell My Lovely bring him into contact with the underworld of Los Angeles. Discuss this underworld and the men and women who inhabit it. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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