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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 Marlowe suggest that Jules Amthor get Second Planting to do?
2. Who does Marlowe see lounging on a bed and reading the newspaper in one of the other rooms as he makes his way down the hall at the beginning of Chapter 26?
3. Who pulls Marlowe's own gun on Marlowe in Chapter 22?
4. In Chapter 27, to whose home does Marlowe walk on foot?
5. Who , according to Sergeant Galbraith, runs Bay City?
Short Essay Questions
1. Compare Jules Amthor's appearance with his wife's.
2. Explain the lie in which Mrs. Morrison is caught in Chapter 30 and how that lie affects her credibility.
3. What does Marlowe taking a ride in another large dark-colored sedan in Chapter 21 foreshadow?
4. Why is Marlowe rejected by the bouncers for the Montecito?
5. Discuss Marlowe's meeting with Chief Wax in Chapter 32 and what it indicates about both the chief and the Bay City police department.
6. 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?
7. In Chapter 36, what information does Red give Marlowe about Laird Burnette, and what is the significance of the information to Marlowe's investigation?
8. Explain how Officer Olson is a red herring in Chapter 35.
9. In Chapter 33, what explanation does Sergeant Galbraith give for putting Marlowe into Sonderborg's hospital?
10. In what ways is Marlowe's relationship with Lieutenant Randall a successful collaboration with the police?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Farewell My Lovely takes place in Los Angeles during the 1940's. Discuss how the geographical and chronological setting affect the story and how the characters and story might differ if Raymond Chandler had set the novel in the United States during the present instead. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the depiction of African American characters and the concept of racism in the novel Farewell My Lovely. What stereotypes do you see in the novel's depiction of minority characters? Is the depiction appropriate for the 1940's era in which the novel is set? How does the depiction of the Indian character, Second Planting, compare with the depiction of African American characters? Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.
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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