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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. Where does Candy say he was the night of Roger's fake suicide?

3. What does Dr. Loring tell Roger to do?

4. What department is Ohls head of?

5. What does Eileen ask Marlowe to do for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ohls think Roger was killed?

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

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

4. Why does Eileen think Marlowe could help Roger?

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

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. What does Mendez tell Marlowe in Section 8?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Marlowe's friendship with Terry.

1) Why does Marlowe feel so close to Terry? Does Chandler develop their friendship enough for Marlowe's feeling to seem authentic?

2) In what does Marlowe's friendship with Terry show a different side to Marlowe?

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

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?

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