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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. Where does the police lieutenant who comes to see Marlowe say he's from?
2. What does Marlowe use to open the locked door?
3. Where does the Prescott Hotel bellhop say he's from?
4. Degarmo asks Marlowe if someone hired him. Who?
5. How much money does Marlowe ask for as a retainer?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Kingsley act, when Marlowe first meets him?
2. What reason does Sheriff Patton give why Bill might have stayed in town if he killed his wife?
3. What items of interest does Marlowe find in Lavery's closet?
4. How does Kingsley react to news of Muriel's death?
5. What encounter did Kingsley have, that made him worried about his wife?
6. How does Marlowe treat the bellhop captain?
7. What reasons does Marlowe give that Lavery might be lying?
8. What do Bill Chess's wife and Kingsley's wife have in common?
9. What important information does the bellhop at the Prescott Hotel offer, based on the photo of Crystal Kingsley?
10. Where do Marlowe and Birdie go to talk?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The story behind The Lady in the Lake is one of relationships: husbands and wives, lovers, and jealous rivals. Discuss relationships in the novel.
1) What do men and women want from relationships in the novel?
2) Discuss Lavery's relationships. Who is Lavery? What do women want from him? What does Lavery expect out of relationships?
3) Do romantic relationships lead to happiness in the novel? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Phillip Marlowe is the central character of the novel, and the whole plot is seen through his eyes. Discuss Marlowe's character.
1) How does Marlowe deal with his job, including managing clients, dealing with the police, and handling danger?
2) What is Marlowe's moral and ethical code? How does that code drive his actions?
3) What qualities does Marlowe have that make him a good detective? What does his job demand from him?
Essay Topic 3
Marlowe's job puts him into dangerous situations. Discuss danger in the novel.
1) What causes danger in the novel? How is danger inherent in Marlowe's work?
2) How does Marlowe react to dangerous situations? What are his emotional responses? What are his intellectual responses, and what action does he take?
3) How do the antagonists in the novel react when they are in danger?
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