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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. In Chapter 34, why does Marlowe approach the hot dog vendor?
2. Whom does Marlowe ask to get a message to Moose Malloy?
3. What does Sergeant Galbraith tell Marlowe in Chapter 33 that he thought Dr. Sonderborg was doing in his house?
4. How much money does Marlowe give the hot dog vendor?
5. What is Little Velma's ultimate fate in the novel?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Marlowe leave a message for Moose Malloy with Laird Brunette in Chapter 38?
2. In Chapter 37, Red asks more than once if he may accompany Marlowe onto the Montecito, but Marlowe says that he prefers to do this alone. Discuss another example of Marlowe's desire to do things on his own and remain a loner in the novel.
3. What lie does Jules Amthor tell the two policeman about Marlowe in Chapter 23, and what does the lie result in for Marlowe?
4. Explain the lie in which Mrs. Morrison is caught in Chapter 30 and how that lie affects her credibility.
5. What does the fact that the two rough-looking characters tending to Marlowe in Chapter 23 and 24 are policeman indicate about the Bay City police force?
6. What evidence implicates Moose Malloy in Jessie Florian's murder?
7. 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?
8. In Chapter 25, what evidence indicates to Marlowe that he has been drugged?
9. What is Raymond Chandler saying about American literature through Marlowe's references to Hemingway in Chapter 24?
10. Who murders Moose Malloy in Chapter 39, and what is the motivation for the killing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the character of Philip Marlowe and the elements that make him a typical hard-boiled detective fiction protagonist. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast Velma Valento/Mrs. Grayle's relationships with Mitch Malloy, Lindsay Marriott, Philip Marlowe, and Mr. Grayle. Do you think she loves any of them? Which man do you think she loves or wants most? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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