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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What department does Bond work for?
(a) Ministry of Defense.
(b) Court of Protection.
(c) MI5.
(d) Ministry of Justice.

2. What does Freudenstein do that exposes her true intentions for working with the British government?
(a) She works on her Russian to work as a double agent for Britain.
(b) She burns a Russian flag to prove her loyalty.
(c) She commutes between Whitehall and the Russian Embassy every Wednesday.
(d) She attends a Leningrad espionage school.

3. Peter Wilson's demeanor at the rostrum is ___________.
(a) Unemphatic.
(b) Boisterous.
(c) Animated.
(d) Insipid.

4. On Smythe's and Oberhauser's drive, what does Smythe offer Oberhauser instead of an arrest?
(a) A mountain climb and then Smythe lets him free.
(b) An informal interrogation in the car and then he lets him go.
(c) Freedom if Oberhauser tells him where Franziskaner halt is located.
(d) Freedom if Oberhauser translates papers in secrecy.

5. What building does Bond work in?
(a) A non-descript brick building.
(b) A contemporary skyscraper.
(c) Whitehall.
(d) An old warehouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Peter Wilson's eyes looking to watch for a signal from a dealer?

2. How does Bond like the current state of crime in London?

3. What is Smythe secretly looking for?

4. What is Smythe's morning routine by 10:30 A.M.?

5. What condition is London in, in regards to crime and activity?

Short Essay Questions

1. Although Bond is there to return Smythe to England, how does Bond show mercy towards the man?

2. Describe the atmosphere of Sotheby's, the night of the auction of the Emerald Sphere? What are the rooms and people like?

3. Why does the KGB go through troubles of sending an expensive jewelry piece with a fake provenance, rather than pay a large sum to their double agent?

4. What kind of relationship must Bond always have when he meets new people? Why?

5. Bond is not a major character in Octopussy and his role is very minor compared to his usual services for the British Secret Service. How and why does he enter Smythe's life?

6. Smythe arrests Oberhauser for false reasons and kills him. For years Smythe gets away with it. What does this say about events of WWII and its scary truth?

7. As Smythe ponders his decision to either return to England or end his life, he remembers his social plans of the night. Why does this routine cheer Smythe up all of a sudden, despite his dislike for his daily life?

8. Smythe likes to swim and feed the fishes and octopus around his villa. Describe his relationship with the sea animals by his beach.

9. During Smythe and Bond's talk in the living room, Smythe is slightly more relaxed to know that Bond smokes cigarettes. Why does Smythe feel this way?

10. Describe Freudenstein in Bond's view. Why is he biased?

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