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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 was discovered in the village river?

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

3. What does Bond see in Le Chiffre's eyes?

4. What was the money he used to open a brothel meant to be used for?

5. What type of car does Bond have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bond plan to defeat Le Chiffre?

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

3. Describe the first confrontation between Le Chiffre and Bond.

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

5. How does Bond lose all of his money in Chapter 11?

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

7. What does Bond think about Le Chiffre in this opening chapter?

8. How does Mathis greet Bond?

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

10. Why could Le Chiffre's financial crisis lead to his death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Fleming's life. In what ways do you think his life and personality are reflected in the book? Where could he have learned about the world of espionage? In what ways is he like or unlike Bond?

Essay Topic 2

Casino Royale is known as spy fiction.

1) What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot?

2) In what way did the Bond series help to set the template for similar novels? Do modern novels still use the ideas used in Casino Royale?

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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