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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 will Goldfinger load onto the Russian submarine?

2. What did Goldfinger paint Jill with?

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

4. What gang is Helmut Springer from?

5. What do Goldfinger, Bond and the gang members disguise themselves as?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bond stop Tilly?

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

3. How does Goldfinger get clearance to fly over Fort Knox?

4. What does Bond say to Goldfinger?

5. How does Goldfinger impress the gang members?

6. How is Goldfinger planning to kill the 60,000 people of Fort Knox?

7. How does Helmut Springer die?

8. How has Goldfinger arranged it so Bond has to work for him?

9. How does Bond hide his letter to Leiter?

10. How do the soldiers attack Goldfinger?

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

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1950s? How does Fleming express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

In what way was the threat of nuclear war a theme from the 50s and 60s? How did America and Britain combat the threat of nuclear war?

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