GATE 2021 XH2 – Question 44

Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression · Literary Genres and Subgenres: History, evolution and importance of categorisation · 1 mark · Multiple select

Which are examples of noir popular as both fiction and film?

The Big Sleep
Murder on the Orient Express
The Maltese Falcon
Fargo

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Correct answer: (A) The Big Sleep; (C) The Maltese Falcon

Explanation

The Big Sleep and The Maltese Falcon are canonical hard-boiled novels with classic film-noir adaptations, giving A,C. Murder on the Orient Express belongs to the whodunit tradition. Fargo is often discussed as neo-noir on screen, but does not meet the question’s intended pairing of classic noir fiction and its film adaptation; that qualification explains its exclusion by the official key.

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