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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. What does Mrs. Morrison lie about in Chapter 30?
2. Who turns out to be Little Velma in Chapter 39?
3. What does Sergeant Galbraith tell Marlowe in Chapter 33 that he thought Dr. Sonderborg was doing in his house?
4. How does Marlowe find Moose Malloy at the beginning of Chapter 39?
5. What transportation does Marlowe initially take to the Montecito in Chapter 35?
Short Essay Questions
1. What evidence implicates Moose Malloy in Jessie Florian's murder?
2. What is Raymond Chandler saying about American literature through Marlowe's references to Hemingway in Chapter 24?
3. What does Marlowe learn in Chapter 31 about Jules Amthor and his wife, Second Planting, and Dr. Sonderborg?
4. How does Marlowe escape from his locked room in Chapter 26?
5. What does the fact that Marlowe goes to Anne Riordan's home after he escapes form Dr. Sonderborg's sanitarium indicate about his relationship with Anne?
6. In Chapter 25, what evidence indicates to Marlowe that he has been drugged?
7. Where is Moose Malloy's murderer eventually found, and what is her ultimate fate in the novel?
8. Explain the lie in which Mrs. Morrison is caught in Chapter 30 and how that lie affects her credibility.
9. What does the pink and black bug, whose progress Marlowe tracks in Chapter 31, indicate about Marlowe and his life?
10. Explain how Officer Olson is a red herring in Chapter 35.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A number of red herrings appear in Farewell My Lovely. Discuss at least three examples of red herrings from the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Philip Marlowe's relationship with Anne Riordan. Is Marlowe attracted to Anne? Is Anne attracted to Marlowe? How does the relationship help and/or hinder the solving of the murders Marlowe is investigating? How does the relationship change over the course of the novel? What do you think the author intends to convey or accomplish by including this relationship in the novel? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the humor in Farewell My Lovely. Give at least three examples of humor from the novel and discuss both the techniques Raymond Chandler uses to convey humor in the novel and what you think he is trying to achieve through his use of humor.
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