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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. Where does Captain Hernandez suggest Marlowe was on the night of Roger's fake suicide?

2. Who does Eileen dream about?

3. Where did Roger fire his shot?

4. What does Marlowe tell Menendez?

5. Where does Marlowe say he knows Ohls from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Eileen think Marlowe could help Roger?

2. What does Marlowe learn from the police in Section 7?

3. What happens to Roger a week after the cocktail party?

4. How does Marlowe react to Roger's death?

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

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

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

8. What does Roger tell Marlowe about Terry in Section 7?

9. What do Marlowe and Eileen say to each other before Marlowe leaves the house?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the political side of the novel.

1) What does the book say about politics in America after World War II?

2) What were Chandler's political views and how does he express his views in the novel?

3) How did the 1973 film use Chandler's ideas to make a statement about 1970s society and politics?

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

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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