Agatha Christie - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd：練習題

• a.

  Hercule Poirot

• b.

  Dr. James Sheppard

• c.

  Major Hector Blunt

• d.

  Parker the butler

• a.By focusing the entire story on the victim's perspective rather than the investigation.
• b.By having the criminal escape punishment at the end of the text.
• c.By using an unreliable narrator who is revealed to be the perpetrator.
• d.By removing the detective character entirely from the narrative.

• a.

  She utilizes narrative "lacunae," where the narrator technically tells the truth but omits his own criminal actions during specific intervals.

• b.

  She violates the rule that the detective and the narrator must always be two separate individuals.

• c.

  She presents Poirot as a retired detective who is no longer capable of solving cases without help.

• d.

  She focuses the narrative on Ralph Paton’s disappearance to create a false trail of evidence.

• a.Embroidered silk
• b.Crimson velvet
• c.Stiff starched cambric
• d.Fine linen thread

• a.By transforming the trusted companion into the secret perpetrator
• b.By making him a professional rival who sabotages the investigation
• c.By making him more intelligent than the lead detective
• d.By having him solve the crime before Poirot arrives

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