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Quiz about Dashiell Hammetts Red Harvest

Dashiell Hammett's "Red Harvest" Quiz

The first and perhaps best of the "hard-boiled" detective genre writers, Hammett wrote this novel with a goal of seeing just how many murders he could cram into a story.

A multiple-choice quiz by pgapgapga. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
pgapgapga

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
162,123

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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289

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What is the name of the central character? Hint

Chief of Police Noonan

Mickey Linehan

No name is given

Max Thaler

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Question 2 of 10

2. There is a public entertainment event that many of the principal characters attend or have much interest in. Identify the event. Hint

Casino gambling

Drag race

Boxing match

Wrestling

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Question 3 of 10

3. Give the name of the first murder victim. Hint

Ned Beaumont

Elihu Willsson

Donald Willsson

Dan Rolff

4. The predominant female character is an openly mercenary lady of the evening, week or month(depending on how much $ the gent has to spend), but with an ongoing relationship with Max Thaler. Name her. Hint

Gabrielle Leggett

Helen Albury

Dinah Brand

Myrtle Jennison

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who is responsible for Dinah's death? Hint

Thaler

Reno Starkey

Noonan

The Continental Op

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is Max Thaler's major personal distinction? Hint

He speaks in a whisper

Switchblade

Diamond jewelry

Uses laudanum

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who did Noonan forgive for killing Noonan's brother Tim? Hint

Pete the Finn

Max Thaler

Myrtle Jennison

Robert Parker

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Question 8 of 10

8. When Thaler breaks out of jail, where does he hide out? Hint

Elihu's mansion

Dinah's place

The Silver Arrow

Paul Madvig's bar

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Question 9 of 10

9. Having chosen to experience an evening of drinking and drugs with Dinah, what does the central character fear he may have done? Hint

Been in a hit-and-run accident

Voted Republican

Killed Dan Rolff

Killed Dinah

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Question 10 of 10

10. The job having been finished, so to speak, and the reports filed on this $10,000 job for the Agency, what does the Opget from his boss? Hint

Merry hell

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of the central character?

Answer: No name is given

He is known as "the Continental Op" from Hammett's previous short works, always writing in the first person and never giving his name.

2. There is a public entertainment event that many of the principal characters attend or have much interest in. Identify the event.

Answer: Boxing match

Ike Bush is murdered for not taking a dive in this bout.

3. Give the name of the first murder victim.

Answer: Donald Willsson

Donald started the whole story going by wanting to open up investigations on city corruption, and ironically died due to unfounded jealousy of a bank teller. Beaumont is from "The Glass Key".

Answer: Dinah Brand

A little overweight, sloppy, but evidently has "it"! Leggett is from "The Dain Curse"

5. Who is responsible for Dinah's death?

Answer: Reno Starkey

Did you get the idea that this character was introduced late in the story just so another murder could happen without tying up any of the other principals? Starkey shows up and Dinah's dead within 20 pages.

6. What is Max Thaler's major personal distinction?

Answer: He speaks in a whisper

The guys all knew Max as "Whisper".

7. Who did Noonan forgive for killing Noonan's brother Tim?

Answer: Max Thaler

Noonan was mislead by the Op into thinking Max shot Tim. In reality (though we're talking about fictional characters) Tim was shot in a struggle with police officer Bob MacSwain over Tim's affair with Bob's wife and his then dumping her for another girl.

8. When Thaler breaks out of jail, where does he hide out?

Answer: Elihu's mansion

Elihu is pretty much forced to shelter Max due to all the incriminating information Max has on Elihu's way of running the city. Paul is the political manipulator of "The Glass Key".

9. Having chosen to experience an evening of drinking and drugs with Dinah, what does the central character fear he may have done?

Answer: Killed Dinah

The Op has some interesting dreams from his drug abuse, and isn't so sure that he didn't stick that ice pick into Dinah.

10. The job having been finished, so to speak, and the reports filed on this $10,000 job for the Agency, what does the Opget from his boss?

Answer: Merry hell

The boss, referred to by the Op here and in the other stories as the Old Man, usually only shows polite indifference, but has an emotional response to the Op's liberties in the field on this case.

Source: Author pgapgapga

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