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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 do when Mrs. Kingsley mentions the scarf he's wearing?
2. What does the woman at the bungalow in Westmore Street assume Marlowe is there for?
3. What is Mrs. Grayson doing, when Marlowe comes to visit the Graysons?
4. Who does Eddie tell his partner he hasn't called, because he thought homicide would do it?
5. What does Patton say about his stomach?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Degarmo do when Patton makes it clear that he can't let Degarmo go?
2. What is the big coincidence that Marlowe identifies in the case?
3. Who is in the Peacock Lounge when Marlowe comes in?
4. What does the parking attendant at the Grenada assume Marlowe is there for?
5. Who does Marlowe call to verify where Kingsley has gone, once he guesses where it is?
6. How does Degarmo react to Marlowe mentioning the idea that Almore murdered his wife and then used his influence to get it hushed up?
7. Why is Marlowe surprised that Mrs. Kingsley would need money from her husband?
8. What does Webber do, when Marlowe tells him about being threatened by Degarmo?
9. What does Marlowe say about Muriel's explanation of why she went back to Lavery's the morning after the murder?
10. How does Grayson describe Dr. Almore's practice?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Lady in the Lake has multiple antagonists who have different goals. Discuss the antagonists in the novel.
1) What antagonists in the novel are obvious and what antagonists are hidden? How do multiple antagonists function in the genre to create mystery and conflict?
2) Discuss Degarmo and Mildred Haviland as antagonists. What different roles do they fill?
3) How do the police function as antagonists?
Essay Topic 2
Marlowe delves into an underground world of crime and corruption that lives beneath the normal-seeming surface world of the city. Discuss the presence of this underground world in the novel.
1) What different segments of society are present in the novel? How does Marlowe travel between them?
2) What aspects of society in the novel remain hidden? What is it taboo to talk about?
3) What open secrets are there in the novel? An open secret is something illicit and undiscussed, but something that everyone knows about.
Essay Topic 3
Throughout the novel, Phillip Marlowe encounters corruption, both moral and ethical. Discuss corruption in the novel.
1) How are the police in the novel corrupt, and how does Marlowe perceive that corruption?
2) What kinds of moral corruption does Marlowe face among the people he comes into contact with? How is that moral corruption related to the corruption of the police?
3) How does Marlowe deal with temptations to corruption, such as Kingsley offering him money to cover up a murder?
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