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Summer Reading Flashcards

1
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Who introduced Detective Fiction? What year?

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Edgar Allan Poe in 1841

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What was British detective fiction called and how long was it?

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The Golden Age from 1920-1939

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Name notable authors from British detective fiction.

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Agatha Dickson and John Dickson Carr

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What was American detective fiction called?

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The Hard Boiled School

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Name notable authors of American detective fiction.

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Dashiell Hammet and Raymond Chandler

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Where was Dashiell Hammet born?

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On the eastern shore of Maryland in 1894

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True or False. Hammet used to be a detective for the Pinkerton agency

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True

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8
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How would Hammet use his detective background for story making?

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He would use his experiences to make some of the most popular detective stories

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When and where was his first story published?

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In 1922 for the magazine The Smart Set

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10
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How many printings did the Maltese Falcon go through?

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7

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When did Hammet die?

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1961

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When and where was James M. Cain born?

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He was born in Annapolis, Maryland on July 1, 1892

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What was the name of his first novel? Was it successful?

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The Postman Always Rings Twice. It was a best seller

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14
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When was Double Indemnity published?

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1936

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15
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When did Cain die?

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October 27th, 1977

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Where and when was Chandler born?

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In Chicago 1888

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What was Chandler’s first job?

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He was a screenwriter and was to turn James M. Cain’s Double Indemnity into a film

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18
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When and how did Chandler die?

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Pneumonia in 1959

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19
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Who is Miles Archer? Describe him.

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He is Spade’s partner. He is medium height, well built, and some gray hair

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20
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Who decides to follow Floyd Thursby? Why?

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Bridget O’Shaugnessy because she’s attracted to him

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21
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Why did Tom Polhaus telephone Sam Spade early in the story?

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Miles Archer was shot dead with a revolver

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Describe Lt. Dundy’s demeanor?

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He’s very harsh, aggressive, and he thinks Spade knows more than he is saying

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23
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Whom does Mrs. Archer think killed her husband?

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Sam Spade

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24
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What did the person who went to visit Mrs. Archer the night of her husband’s death notice?

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Her clothes were warm

25
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What is Mrs. Wonderly’s real name? What is her other alias?

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Brigid O’Shaugnessy. Leblanc is her other alias

26
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Who is Sid Wise?

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Sam Spade’s lawyer

27
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What is Cairo looking for? What does he offer Spade?

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The Maltese Falcon. $5,000 is his offer to Spade to find it

28
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What does Cairo do after Sam gives him his pistol for the 1st time?

A

He searches his office

29
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How does Sam explain the presence of Brigid and Cairo in his apartment to Dundy and Polhaus?

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He says that Brigid is working for him and Cairo hired him to do Thursby’s job

30
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After Cairo, Dundy, and Polhaus leave, how does Sam convince Brigid to stay? What lie does he feed her?

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He tells her that Wilmur is still out there after he checked. The lie is that Wilmur already left

31
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How does Sam explain his absence in the morning while Brigid was still in his apartment?

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He says he went out to get breakfast

32
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How does youth act when he sees Sam in the lobby of the hotel Belvedere?

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He doesn’t talk to him

33
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Who shot Thursby? Who shot Miles?

A

Wilmur shot Thrusby. Brigid shot Miles

34
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What ship was the falcon supposed to be on? Who was the Captain?

A

La Paloma. The captain’s name was Jacoby

35
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Why is Effie worried when Sam gets to the office after having visited with Gutman and then Wise?

A

Brigid never showed up to Effie’s moms house and Sam shows up beat up when he arrived to the office

36
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Why is the falcon painted black

A

To hide its true value

37
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Whom does Effie see to verify the history of the falcon?

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Ted Christy, her cousin that is a professor

38
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At lunch, what does Sam find out from Polhaus about Thursby’s Chicago background?

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He used to be a mobster

39
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How long has Gutman been looking for the falcon?

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17 years

40
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Who is Wilmur?

A

The youth that works for Gutman and shot Thursby

41
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What does Sam want with Wilmer in the deal that he makes with Gutman?

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He wants Wilmur to be the fall guy

42
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Why does Sam ask Brigid to take off her clothes?

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To search her

43
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Who brings the falcon to the apartment?

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Effie

44
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Whom does Brigid say tricked them with a fake falcon?

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The Russian Kemedov

45
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What Point of view was the Maltese Falcon written in?

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3rd person limited

46
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Why does the narrator go to the Nirdlinger’s at the opening of the novel?

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To sell him insurance renewal

47
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What does the narrator nickname the Nirdlinger house?

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The House of Death

48
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What department is Keyes apart of?

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Claims

49
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What does the narrator and Mrs. Nirdlinger drink together when the narrator goes to visit?

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Tea

50
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What is Mrs. Nirdlinger’s name?

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Phyllis

51
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How did Mrs. Nirdlinger think of killing her husband initially?

A

An accident in the oil fields

52
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When the narrator gives Lola a ride to the drugstore, who does she meet? Why are they meeting in secret?

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They meet with Nino Sachetti. Her mother doesn’t approve

53
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What does Sachetti put down as collateral for his loan?

A

His car

54
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  1. What type of policy does Mrs. Nirdlinger take out on her husband?
A

The accident death policy. She tells him that she’ll get double indemnity

55
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Why does Mrs. Nirdlinger tell the narrator that the Palo Alto trip is off?

A

Mr. Nirdlinger broke his leg

56
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How does Mr. Nirdlinger Die?

A

His neck is snapped

57
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How does the narrator get to the train station?

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Phyllis takes him

58
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How does the narrator get rid of the guy standing at the back of the train?

A

He tell him to get his briefcase in the other train car

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