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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. At the end of Chapter 28, where does Anne suggest that Marlowe get some sleep?

2. How much does Marlowe's dinner at the end of Chapter 34 cost?

3. At the end of Chapter 28, to where does Marlowe ask Anne to drive him?

4. Which of the following statements does not describe what Marlowe sees inside the Montecito?

5. What is the source of the Riordan family money?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Moose Malloy's murderer eventually found, and what is her ultimate fate in the novel?

2. In Chapter 33, what explanation does Sergeant Galbraith give for putting Marlowe into Sonderborg's hospital?

3. What is Raymond Chandler saying about American literature through Marlowe's references to Hemingway in Chapter 24?

4. Why does Marlowe leave a message for Moose Malloy with Laird Brunette in Chapter 38?

5. Describe Marlowe's interactions with the hot dog vendor in Chapter 34 and what information Marlowe hopes to obtain from the vendor.

6. Explain how Officer Olson is a red herring in Chapter 35.

7. Explain the lie in which Mrs. Morrison is caught in Chapter 30 and how that lie affects her credibility.

8. 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?

9. Discuss Marlowe's encounter with Dr. Sonderborg in Chapter 27 and what it indicates about Dr. Sonderborg's legitimacy as a physician.

10. What evidence implicates Moose Malloy in Jessie Florian's murder?

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

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.

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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