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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 is the name of the racketeer who appears in Marlowe's office?

2. What kind of files does Marlowe ask for?

3. What does Verringer run?

4. What does Lennox leave at Marlowe's house?

5. Were does Spranklin take Marlowe?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Marlowe antagonize Mr. Grenz in the second section?

2. Describe Marlowe's time at the police station.

3. Why does Marlowe not want to know everything when Terry comes to his house crying?

4. Why does Marlowe have trouble sleeping in the third section?

5. What questions does Marlowe ask Terry when they begin to see more of each other?

6. What does Eileen give Marlowe to help him find Roger?

7. Describe between Marlowe and the police in Chapter 6.

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

9. What information does Peters have about Terry?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Chandler's writing style. How would you describe Chandler's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Chandler's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the novel's dialogue. How does Chandler's dialogue contribute to the following areas:

1) Character

2) Setting

3) Plot

Essay Topic 3

The Long Goodbye is part of the hard-boiled crime genre.

1) What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot?

2) In what way did Big Sleep help to set the template for similar novels? Do modern novels still use the ideas used in Big Sleep?

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