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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 Tom tell Mr. Greenleaf he has found in Dickie's suitcase?

2. What is Marge's surname?

3. Who does Marge phone at 8.30 am?

4. What does Tom tell McCarron that Dickie could never have done?

5. What do the Franchetti brothers go out to buy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tom raise the police's suspicions?

2. Why does Tom love his possessions?

3. What information does McCarron want from Tom?

4. What did a man see outside of Dickie's apartment?

5. What reason does Tom give for Dickie being despondent?

6. What lies does Tom tell McCarron?

7. What does Mr. Greenleaf write in his letter to Tom?

8. Why does Tom hate being himself?

9. What does Tom read in the newspapers in Chapter 30?

10. Why do the police want to know where Tom Ripley is ?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What modes of communication are open to Ripley? How do the modes of communication Highsmith represents give the novel a sense of place and time?

Essay Topic 2

Highsmith writes the THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY in the third person. Why do you think Highsmith chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would have changed if Highsmith wrote it in the first person?

Essay Topic 3

How could Tom get rid of his loneliness? How does killing Dickie and Freddie make Tom even lonelier? How much has Tom's loneliness affected his mindset?

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