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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 familiarity does Bond experience in the building on Kochestrasse and Wilhlemstrasse?

2. What does Bond look forward to before his flight?

3. What further impresses the Range Officer as he walks Bond out?

4. When is "007 in New York" first published in America?

5. Where is the most likely place Trigger sets up?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bond's description of the cello player foreshadow her involvement with his assignment?

2. What kind of persona does Bond display? Use the Chief Range Officer's impression as an example.

3. Explain Number 272 and what the plans are. How is Bond involved?

4. Describe Times Square in the eyes of James Bond. What does Bond like about the area?

5. For whom and why does Ian Fleming write "007 in New York"?

6. How does "007 in New York" meet the needs of American readers?

7. Bond assumes his shot scares the living daylights out of Trigger. How is this a dangerous assumption and one that is not good for Bond?

8. Bond is first suspicious of a man at the airport. What thrilling story does he propose for the nondescript man?

9. Explain Bond's internal relationship with the cello player before he discovers the truth. How does this affect him?

10. Bond mentions that it would not be a bad thing if he is let go as a Double O agent. How much truth is in this statement and why does Bond say this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Research government confidential information papers that are now open to the public. Choose one document and write a summary of the document and why it is is kept secret for years before it becomes public. Is it necessary to keep secret? How is it beneficial or detrimental to keep the files secret? Who is most affected? Who is most concerned?

Essay Topic 3

The genre of James Bond books are espionage/spy thrillers that usually consists of suspense. Explain how Fleming creates suspense in each of his stories. Where is the climax in each story?

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