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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Bond give Jill $10,000?

2. Where is Goldfinger's chauffeur from?

3. What is Bond's ball marked with?

4. What does the Records Department need to find more information about Goldfinger?

5. What was the name of Du Pont's Canasta opponent?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Goldfinger build up his wealth?

2. How did Bond break up the heroin smuggling ring?

3. How do Bond and Goldfinger decide to play their golf game?

4. How does Bond try and find information on Goldfinger?

5. How does Blacking know Bond?

6. What is Bond and Du Pont's plan?

7. What does Colonel Smithers tell Bond about the gold trade?

8. How did Bond kill the Mexican drug courier?

9. Why does Du Pont think he is being cheated?

10. What happens at the end of the chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Goldfinger is part of the spy fiction genre.

1) What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot?

2) In what way did the Bond series help to set the template for similar novels? Do modern novels still use the ideas used in Goldfinger?

Essay Topic 2

The Bond books greatly influenced modern literature and, in particular, crime books. Choose a book written after the novel that you think was influenced by it and discuss their similarities in terms of:

a) plot

b) character

c) themes

Essay Topic 3

Examine the novel's dialogue. How does Fleming's dialogue contribute to the following areas:

1) Character

2) Setting

3) Plot

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