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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. Who does Marlowe ask if Roger knows?

2. What did Eileen use to kill herself?

3. What does Dr. Loring say he prescribed to Eileen?

4. Who does Eileen say she wanted to kill together?

5. What drink does Candy offer Marlowe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mendez tell Marlowe in Section 8?

2. What does Eileen say about her relationship with Roger in the fifth section?

3. What does Roger say to Marlowe at the party in section 5?

4. What does Marlowe say about private investigators in Section 5?

5. Why does Candy try and blackmail Marlowe in Section 6?

6. What new evidence does Roy Ashterfelt give Marlowe in Section 7?

7. What does Roger say about killing a man in Section 6?

8. Why does Marlowe think Eileen is lying about the insignia?

9. Who does Eileen say she was in love with when she was younger?

10. What does Spencer think about the case in Section 8?

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

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Chandler use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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