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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 George Peters say he will do for 300 bucks?

2. Who does Marlowe say are the two main suspects for killing Roger?

3. Who does Eileen accuse of killing Roger?

4. Who does Marlowe call a bulldog?

5. What does Candy call Roger?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Marlowe prove Candy to be a liar in Section 7?

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

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

5. What does Mendez tell Marlowe in Section 8?

6. Summarize the story Eileen tells in Section 8.

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

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

9. How does Ohls think Roger was killed?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The women in Chandler's books are mostly negative characters who lack morals. Discuss the negative way that Chandler represents women. Was this negative representation common during this period? How does this representation affect his portrayal of the male characters? How would Chandler have to change his portrayal of women for the novel to be published today?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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