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Q.1
Which Patsy is done in by his wife's scheming?
The Dude
Nick Papadakis
Jerry Lundegaard
Philip Marlowe
Q.2
Penzler claims that, "the private eye story is ______?__________, even if the detective is not."
Seductive
Verbose
Optimistic
Harvard Educated
Q.3
The character of Baer's "Butterfly Plague" begs God to pluck out his eyes. Why?
He has horrific visions
A cop maced him for his resisting
He witnessed his parents having sex
All of the above
Q.4
Which work of Jim Thompson is said to be the first work aptly representing the viewpoint of a criminal psychopath?
A Swell Looking Babe
After Dark, My Sweet
The Killer Inside Me
Q.5
Chapter one of "Red Wind" ends with what event?
A disappearance
A murder
A shootout
A lady in a red dress buying Marlowe a drink
Q.6
In Hammett's "Arson Plus, McClump gives the reason "Because he was Thornburgh" as an explanation for what?
Shooting him
Allowing him to go free
Paying him off
Q.7
What film is based on Woolrich's "It Had to be Murder"?
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Double Indemnity
Rear Window
L.A. Confidential
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