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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 Endicott want to retrieve from Mexico?

2. When does Marlowe see Lennox again?

3. What does Marlowe say he is wetter than?

4. Who calls Marlowe on the phone before Menendez can speak?

5. What does Marlowe refuse to take from Eileen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Eileen respond to Marlowe kissing her?

4. What does Marlowe learn about Terry and Sylvia in this section?

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

6. How does Menendez know Terry?

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

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

9. What does Spencer hire Marlowe to do?

10. How does Marlowe think the case will pan out?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do the students think Marlowe is so indifferent about everyone's death apart from Terry's? What does Marlowe's attitude suggest about his attitude towards his own life? In what way does Chandler suggest that Marlowe's attitude is shared with the other characters in the book? What does Chandler's representation of death say about American society in the Fifties?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Examine Marlowe's friendship with Terry.

1) Why does Marlowe feel so close to Terry? Does Chandler develop their friendship enough for Marlowe's feeling to seem authentic?

2) In what does Marlowe's friendship with Terry show a different side to Marlowe?

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