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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. Who is the beak-nosed man who questions Marlowe about Red in Chapter 35?

2. In Chapter 39, whom does Marlowe accuse of murdering Lindsay Marriott?

3. Who shoots Moose Malloy in Chapter 39?

4. In Chapter 34, why does Marlowe approach the hot dog vendor?

5. According to Jules Amthor, who is a natural medium?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how Red manages to get Marlowe onto the Montecito in Chapter 37.

2. What does Marlowe learn in Chapter 31 about Jules Amthor and his wife, Second Planting, and Dr. Sonderborg?

3. What does Marlowe learn about Anne Riordan's finances in Chapter 28?

4. In Chapter 33, what explanation does Sergeant Galbraith give for putting Marlowe into Sonderborg's hospital?

5. In what ways is Marlowe's relationship with Lieutenant Randall a successful collaboration with the police?

6. Who murders Moose Malloy in Chapter 39, and what is the motivation for the killing?

7. What evidence is there in Chapter 21 that Jules Amthor is a fraud?

8. In Chapter 41, why does Marlowe think Mrs. Grayle has done her much-older husband a favor by dying the way she does?

9. What does Marlowe taking a ride in another large dark-colored sedan in Chapter 21 foreshadow?

10. In Chapter 37, Red asks more than once if he may accompany Marlowe onto the Montecito, but Marlowe says that he prefers to do this alone. Discuss another example of Marlowe's desire to do things on his own and remain a loner in the novel.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Three murders occur in the novel. Discuss the theme of murder in Farewell My Lovely. What are the motivations for the murders? What theme(s) or lesson(s) do you think the author is trying to convey through these incidents? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Farewell My Lovely takes place in Los Angeles during the 1940's. Discuss how the geographical and chronological setting affect the story and how the characters and story might differ if Raymond Chandler had set the novel in the United States during the present instead. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Philip Marlowe's adventures in Farewell My Lovely bring him into contact with the underworld of Los Angeles. Discuss this underworld and the men and women who inhabit it. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

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