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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. Who do the police believe is guilty of the murders?

2. Who is arriving in Rome at noon?

3. What does Tom think about buying?

4. Where do the police want Dickie to return to?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tom raise the police's suspicions?

2. What does Tom tell Marge on the phone?

3. Why does Tom love his possessions?

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

5. What do the newspapers say about Dickie?

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

7. What does Marge think about the situation with Dickie?

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

9. How does Tom try to hide that Freddie is dead when he takes him outside?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Highsmith writes the THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY in the third person. Why do you think Highsmith chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would have changed if Highsmith wrote it in the first person?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Tom hate himself? How much is this self-hatred responsible for Tom's actions so far in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Pick two characters from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motives? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

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