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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 District Attorney?

2. Why does Marlowe not drink himself to sleep?

3. What kind of doctor is Vukanich?

4. What does Eileen hand to Marlowe?

5. Were does Spranklin take Marlowe?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Marlowe help Terry in the opening chapter?

5. Why does Terry think his wife is scared?

6. Why is Menendez angry at Terry?

7. Why does Eileen want to hire Marlowe?

8. How does George Peters help Marlowe in the fourth section?

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

10. What does Grenz say has happened to Terry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the the character of Philip Marlowe and his influence on popular culture in terms of the following:

1) Film

2) Literature

3) Comics and computer games

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What makes Marlowe a good private eye? Is Marlowe right when he says most Private Eyes finish broke or dead? How do the students think Marlowe manages to keep afloat?

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