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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 is the only weapon strong enough to blow down the vault door?

2. Who does Bond tell Tilly he is?

3. What kind of weapon is Felix Leiter carrying?

4. What does Bond say he will do if Goldfinger lets him go?

5. What will Goldfinger load onto the Russian submarine?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bond hide his letter to Leiter?

2. Describe the table Goldfinger straps Bond to.

3. How does Goldfinger recapture Bond in this chapter?

4. How does Helmut Springer die?

5. How does Goldfinger impress the gang members?

6. Why does Bond think Tilly is not a proper spy?

7. What does Goldfinger put under the bridge?

8. Describe the meeting room.

9. How did Leiter get Bond's letter?

10. Why does Bond compare himself to St. George?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Bond's character across the whole series.

1) How does Fleming develop Bond's character across the whole series?

2) Does Goldfinger add any new elements to Bond's character? If so, what?

Essay Topic 3

Examine violence in the novel.

1) How do the characters in the novel view violence? Are there are character that would think twice before shooting or hitting someone?

2) Do the characters need to be violent to cope in the world that Fleming portrays?

3) How do the students think the public reacted to the novel's violence when it was first published? How would the public react to such a book today?

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