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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 color is Anne Riordan's hair?

2. Who is Moose Malloy, the man Marlowe meets outside Florian's night club?

3. What word does Jessie Florian use when she refers to a policeman?

4. In Chapter 2, whom does Moose Malloy demand to see at Florian's?

5. Who does Jessie Florian claim has died of a chest cold in Dalhart, Texas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Marlowe and Anne Riordan find in Lindsay Marriott's pockets in Chapter 11, and what does Anne suspect about the items?

2. When Marlowe visits Jessie Florian at the opening of Chapter 17, what information does she reveal?

3. In Chapter 6, why is Marlowe skeptical when Lieutenant Nulty says the police are closing in on Moose Malloy?

4. What does Anne Riordan observe about Marlowe's office, and what does his office indicate about Marlowe?

5. How does the novel Farewell My Lovely depict racial prejudice and racial relations between African-American and whites in the 1940's, the era in which the story is set?

6. What indications are there in Chapter 18 that the Grayle marriage is not a happy one?

7. Compare and contrast Lieutenant Nulty and Lieutenant Randall.

8. Explain what Marlowe finds when he regains consciousness at the beginning of Chapter 10?

9. What story does Lindsay Marriott give Marlowe about his friend's robbery in Chapter 8?

10. What is Philip Marlowe's history prior to the beginning of the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the major themes of this novel? Discuss at least three themes. Tell what the author is trying to say about each theme and how he depicts it. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the following secondary characters in the novel: Second Planting, Dr. Sonderberg, and Lindsay Marriott. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the antagonists Philip Marlowe faces in the novel: Moose Malloy, Jules Amthor, Dr. Sonderberg, and Velma Valento/Mrs. Grayle.

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