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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 Eileen make for Roger?

2. What does Marlowe hear as he reads Roger's work?

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

4. Who does Ohls think killed Roger?

5. Who does Roger say died for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Marlowe react to Eileen's story?

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

3. Summarize the story Eileen tells in Section 8.

4. What dilemma does Eileen pose for Marlowe in section six?

5. Why does Marlowe think Eileen and Roger are wresting over a gun in the sixth section?

6. How does Ohls think Roger was killed?

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

8. How do the police respond to Marlowe's statement?

9. What does Mendez tell Marlowe in Section 8?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is it important for the wealthy newspaper owners to keep a lid on what happens in the book? In what way does the situation change for them to eventually release the information about the murder case? How do both the police and Marlowe use the press and how do the press use Marlowe and the police?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the effects of the Second World War in 1940s and 1950s America.

1) In what way does WWII cast a shadow over the novel and its characters?

2) Choose one of the characters in the novel and write what effect the students think WWII had on his/her mindset.

Essay Topic 3

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

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