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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 Granz sign for Marlowe?

2. Why is Roger's wife scared of him?

3. What city does Lennox go to after he is almost arrested?

4. What does Verringer run?

5. What does Marlowe say he is wetter than?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the confrontation between Earl and Roger in the fourth section.

2. What do Terry and Marlowe plan in the opening section?

3. What does Terry say in his letter to Marlowe?

4. Describe the confrontation between Marlowe and Menendez in the third section.

5. What does Verringer tell Marlowe in this section?

6. How does Menendez know Terry?

7. Why does Marlowe think that jail is not too bad?

8. What does Morgan think about Terry's death?

9. What does Lonnie say about the newspapers at the end of this section?

10. How does Marlowe help Terry at the end of the section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Long Goodbye is written in the first person and with Marlowe as narrator. Why do you think Chandler chose to write the story in the first person? How do you think the meaning of the story would have changed if it were written in the third person?

Essay Topic 2

Why is it important for the wealthy newspaper owners to keep a lid on what happens in the book? In what way does the situation change for them to eventually release the information about the murder case? How do both the police and Marlowe use the press and how do the press use Marlowe and the police?

Essay Topic 3

Examine how the following was a concern in post war America and how Chandler expresses this concern:

1) Violence

2) The woman's role

3) Morality

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