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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Jules Amthor, who is stupid?
(a) Lindsay Marriott.
(b) Marlowe.
(c) Mrs. Grayle.
(d) Second Planting.

2. How does Marlowe escape from his room in Chapter 26?
(a) He ambushes an attendant and steals a set of keys.
(b) He dons a white coat and pretends he's a doctor to escape.
(c) He climbs out the window and goes down the fire escape.
(d) He starts a fire and escapes when firemen come to free him.

3. Who is Moose Malloy, the man Marlowe meets outside Florian's night club?
(a) A criminal defense attorney.
(b) A recently released convict.
(c) A police captain.
(d) A professional basketball player.

4. When Mrs. Morrison describes a recent male visitor to Jessie Florian's home, Marlowe thinks the visitor is ___________.
(a) Laird Burnett.
(b) Moose Malloy.
(c) Lindsay Marriott.
(d) Lieutenant Nulty.

5. When Marlowe begins to hallucinate in Chapter 25, what does he realize?
(a) He has lost his mind.
(b) He has suffered a concussion.
(c) He has been drugged.
(d) He drank too much whiskey at Amthor's, and he's drunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Marlowe like his coffee?

2. Who pulls Marlowe's own gun on Marlowe in Chapter 22?

3. Where does Marlowe find Jessie Florian at the beginning of Chapter 17?

4. Whose office does Marlowe walk into at the beginning of Chapter 27?

5. As the novel opens, who is Marlowe trying to find?

(see the answer key)

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