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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-20.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Marlowe notice about the person waiting for him upon his return to his office in Chapter 20?
(a) The person's bad smell.
(b) The person's black eye.
(c) The revolver in the person's hand.
(d) The person's bloody face.
2. What does Anne Riordan suspect about the three mysterious Russian cigarettes?
(a) They contain the murderer's DNA.
(b) Finding where they were bought will lead to the killer.
(c) They're marijuana rather than tobacco.
(d) They contain the murderer's fingerprints.
3. As the novel opens, who is Marlowe trying to find?
(a) His secretary, Cassandra.
(b) His bookie, Louis.
(c) A missing barber named Dimitrios Aleidis.
(d) A missing schoolteacher named Leigh Jordan.
4. What does Mrs. Grayle tell Marlowe the robbers returned to her the night of her robbery?
(a) Her stolen purse.
(b) Her ruby pendant.
(c) One of the rings they had just stolen from her.
(d) Her diamond bracelet.
5. Who finds Lindsay Marriott's dead body in Chapter 10?
(a) Anne Riordan.
(b) Lieutenant Randall.
(c) Marlowe.
(d) Lieutenant Nulty.
Short Answer Questions
1. For what crime was Malloy falsely accused and sent to prison?
2. What is Philip Marlowe's profession?
3. Who pulls a small revolver on Marlowe in Chapter 17?
4. Where does Marlowe find Jessie Florian at the beginning of Chapter 17?
5. By whom does Marlowe tell Jessie Florian he has been hired to find Little Velma?
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