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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 comes to Marlowe's house at the end of the chapter?

2. What does Marlowe say does not belong with a banana split?

3. Who does Terry say is scared?

4. Were does Spranklin take Marlowe?

5. What was Sylvia killed with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What new information does Eileen give Marlowe in this section?

2. How does Marlowe help Terry in the opening chapter?

3. Why does Eileen want to hire Marlowe?

4. What do Terry and Marlowe plan in the opening section?

5. How does Marlowe think the case will pan out?

6. What were Marlowe's initial impressions of Terry?

7. Why does Marlowe think that jail is not too bad?

8. What does Verringer tell Marlowe in this section?

9. Why does Marlowe have trouble sleeping in the third section?

10. What does Morgan think about Terry's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine how the following was a concern in post war America and how Chandler expresses this concern:

1) Violence

2) The woman's role

3) Morality

Essay Topic 2

Examine the political side of the novel.

1) What does the book say about politics in America after World War II?

2) What were Chandler's political views and how does he express his views in the novel?

3) How did the 1973 film use Chandler's ideas to make a statement about 1970s society and politics?

Essay Topic 3

Why do the students think Marlowe is so indifferent about everyone's death apart from Terry's? What does Marlowe's attitude suggest about his attitude towards his own life? In what way does Chandler suggest that Marlowe's attitude is shared with the other characters in the book? What does Chandler's representation of death say about American society in the Fifties?

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