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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. Who has the money been loaned from?

2. Who escorts Vesper away from Bond in the casino?

3. Which of the following is not a name Le Chiffre is known by?

4. What does Bond hide behind during the explosion?

5. What is the name of the French Casino?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the telegraph say that Bond will receive in this opening chapter?

3. Describe Bond's new partner.

4. What does Mathis tell Bond in Chapter 3?

5. How does Bond cope with the gunman in Chapter 12?

6. How does Mathis deal with the blast?

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

8. Describe what happens when Bond and Vesper first enter the casino in Chapter 10.

9. What does Bond worry about at the end of Chapter 4?

10. How is Le Chiffre attempting to make up his losses?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The Bond books greatly influenced modern literature and in particular crime books. Choose a book written after the novel that you think was influenced by it and discuss their similarities in terms of:

a) plot

b) character

c) themes

Essay Topic 3

In 2006 Casino Royale was made into a film starring Daniel Craig. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book were still relevant 50 years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new environment? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

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