Classical Detective Fiction
Detective Theory
Movies Galore!
Hardboiled Fiction
Mystery Round!!
100
The author of Sherlock Holmes is...
Who is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
100
According to Chandler, fiction NEEDS to be...
What is "realistic"?
100
A shot from a low angle represents that...
What is "a person is a person of power"?
100
The hero is hardboiled fiction must be smart and kind. (Truth or False)
What is "FALSE"?
100
In James M. Cain's novel, Nick Papoudakis is refered to as...
What is "The Greek"?
200
The name of Inspector Dupin's sidekick is...
Who is "Unnamed Narrator"?
200
The person who wrote 20 rules for detective fiction was...
Who is Van Dine?
200
The director of Murder on the Orient Express is...
Who is "Lumet"?
200
In Vertigo, Scottie feels what psychoanalytic experience when he meets Judy.
What is "the Uncanny"?
200
The process of logical deduction in classical detective fiction is...
What is "ratiocination"?
300
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" opens with a discussion of the game of...
What are "whist" and "chest"?
300
According to the 20 rules for the detective fiction, the case must always be...
What is "murder"?
300
On "Sherlock", these two characters appeared to be naked...
Who are "Irene Adler" and "Sherlock Holmes"?
300
In the Postman Always Rings Twice, the figure of the ____ is of utmost importance.
What is a "Cat"?
300
Name the role of language in Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express
What is "Poirot notices that the handkerchief's letter is actually from the Cyrillic Alphabet meaning Natalia"?
400

The short story, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" ends with a line from which French author...

Who is Rousseau ?
400
Raymond Chandler claims that detective fiction needs...
What is a "hero"?
400
The movie is set in Tromsø during what natural phenomenon...
What is "Midnight Sun"?
400
The name of detective or crime fiction in Scandinavia is...
"Nordic Noir"
400
Monsieur Poirot's nationality is...
What is "Belgian"?
500
Name three different types of "classical detective fiction"
What are "whodunits", "locked room mysteries" and "cozy mysteries"?
500
Todorov comes up with the theory of...
What is "first story" and "second story" (fabula and syuzhet)?
500
In Vertigo, the color of Madeline's dress was very important...
What is "green"?
500
Todorov refers to hardboiled fiction as...
What is "a thriller"?
500
Vertigo was analyzed descriptively by what living philosopher...

Who is "Slavoj Žižek"?

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