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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 did Spade earlier take from Cairo's pocket?
2. Who is the next person to arrive at Spade's office?
3. What useful things does Spade find in Brigid's apartment?
4. Why does Cairo ask Spade to stand?
5. In what city does Miss Wonderly's sister live?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the story Gutman tell in the Russian's Hand.
2. In what way do Spade's qualities come out in this chapter?
3. What does Sid Wise reveal about Iva in the twelfth chapter?
4. What message does Miss Wonderly leave for Spade in the second chapter?
5. Why does Brigid say she sought Spade's help?
6. In what way does the sixteenth chapter express the problems of its time?
7. How does Spade react to Iva's presence in the second chapter?
8. Why does Spade usher Iva out of his office?
9. Why is the fifth chapter call ed the Levantine?
10. What happens when Spade returns to his apartment in the second chapter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Hammett lived in San Francisco and worked in a detective agency, adhering to the rule, writers should always write about what they know. Do you think it is obvious that Hammett knows his subject? What difference do you think it makes to the story? Are there any moments where you think Hammett does not portray a character or setting so well? What affect does it have on the story?
Essay Topic 2
The Maltese is a famous book which has greatly influenced popular culture. Choose a film or book written after The Maltese Falcon that you think was influenced by the novel and discuss there similarities in terms of:
a) Plot
b) Character
c) Themes
Essay Topic 3
The Maltese Falcon is written in the first person. Why do you think Hammett chose to write the story in the first person? How do you think the meaning of the story would of changed if it was written in the third person?
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