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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. Where do Vesper and Bond go after dinner?

2. What game will Bond play with Le Chiffre?

3. What is the name of the hotel where Bond is staying?

4. Who arrives to help Bond back to the hotel?

5. What does Bond do when he sees the two dead men?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Le Chiffre close to a financial crisis?

2. What cliffhangar does Fleming leave the reader with at the end of Chapter 8?

3. Describe Le Chiffre.

4. Describe the events leading up to the blast in Chapter 6.

5. Describe the story Vesper tells Bond in Chapter 9.

6. What saves Bond's career in Chapter 12?

7. Descbribe Bond's time at the gambling table in Chapter 7.

8. How does Bond's attitude towards Vesper change in Chapter 9?

9. How does Bond plan to defeat Le Chiffre?

10. Why are the three individuals in Chapter 3 suspicious?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Fleming use character and setting to express these themes?

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 Casino Royale add any new elements to Bond's character? If so, what?

Essay Topic 3

Casino Royale is written in the third person. Why do you think Fleming chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would have changed if it were written in the first person?

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