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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. What kind of car does Goldfinger own?

2. What does Bond surprise the woman with?

3. What did Bond destroy Blackwell's factory with?

4. What does Goldfinger invite Bond to drink?

5. What kind of company did Blackwell claim to have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What job is Bond doing at headquarters in this chapter?

2. What does Oddjob demonstrate to Bond?

3. How does Bond think SMERSH has helped Goldfinger?

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

5. What does Bond see the men doing in Goldfinger's factory?

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

7. How did the authorities find out Goldfinger was smuggling gold?

8. How does Bond beat Goldfinger at golf?

9. What research does Bond have to do for his book?

10. What does Bond insist Goldfinger do for him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and examine their real life equivalent and how Fleming adapted it for the Bond books:

1) The British Secret Secret.

2) SMERSH

3) The goldtrade

Essay Topic 2

In 1964 Goldfinger was made into a film starring Sean Connery. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book were still relevant six years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new environment? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the structure of the novel.

1) How does Fleming use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

2) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

3) Aside from the main character, examine the way Fleming uses the other characters in the story. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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