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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 do the banks suspect?

2. What does Tom cover Freddie's bloody head with?

3. What does Tom tell Marge Dickie gave him in Rome?

4. What does Tom think is a great thing about Europe?

5. What does Tom think about buying?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tom read in the newspapers in Chapter 30?

2. Why does Tom hate being himself?

3. What does Tom tell Marge on the phone?

4. Why does Tom love his possessions?

5. What does Marge say in her letter to Dickie?

6. What do the police tell Tom on the phone?

7. What does Tom tell Mr. Greenleaf about Dickie's murder?

8. Why do the police want to know where Tom Ripley is ?

9. Why does Tom think Marge is so friendly to Mr. Greenleaf?

10. What did a man see outside of Dickie's apartment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine violence in the novel.

1) How do the characters in the novel view violence? Are there are character that would think twice before shooting or hitting someone?

2) Do the characters need to be violent to cope in the world that Highsmith portrays?

3) How do the students think the public reacted to the novel's violence when it was first published? How would the public react to such a book today?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Tom Ripley's's character across the whole series.

1) How does Highsmith develop Ripley's character across the whole series?

2) Does THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY add any new elements to Ripley's character? If so, what?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the difference between American and European culture in terms of the following:

1) Religion.

2) Attitudes towards death.

3) Popular culture.

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