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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. Tired of playing mind games, what does Bond offer Smythe?

2. What gives away Wartski's notable stature?

3. What does Dr. Greaves ration Smythe's vices to?

4. What department does Bond work for?

5. Who must Bond meet with whenever the red telephone rings?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Smythe realizes he is pricked by the scorpion fish, what is his reaction and what does this say about his ability to feel?

2. Smythe ruffles through papers when one catches his eye. Describe Smythe's actions when he sees the envelope and how his actions illustrate his character.

3. From what little is known about Oberhauser and his interactions with Smythe, what can the reader gather about his character?

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

5. When Dr. Fanshawe, M, and Bond are talking in M's office, Dr. Fanshawe tends to look down when he speaks to Bond. However, he immediately looks up when asked about the Emerald Sphere. Why is this?

6. 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?

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

8. Smythe expresses boredom with his life in Jamaica, yet he does little to change it. What stops Smythe from doing more with his boredom?

9. Freudenstein works in London with the Purple Cipher. Describe Freudenstein's role in the espionage world.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Common government laws such as that under British, American and Russian rule do not allow murder without punishment. However, each of these governments are fully aware of assignments that include snipers and murders to occur under government departments. According to each of these governments, when is murder necessary? When is it valid?

Essay Topic 2

Smythe is hardly a man of determination, yet he feels the need to see through with his octopus experiment before he dies. Why does he feel this need? What satisfaction does this give him in the last minutes of his death?

Essay Topic 3

Bond's character comes out here and there between the four short stories in "Octopussy and The Living Daylights." Explain his thought processes and how it matches or contrasts with his external persona. What is the same or different? What is the purpose in having a different exterior to the people he meets? What inner strengths carries through to the exterior?

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