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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 does Bond put in both his coat pockets?

2. What did French intelligence discover in Bond's room?

3. What has happened to the gunman who tried to kill Bond?

4. Who does Bond meet in this chapter?

5. What did Vesper's supervisor advise her not to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the reader know about Bond's case in the opening chapter?

2. Describe the layout of the casino table.

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

4. What is the background of the city of Royale?

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

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

7. What does Mathis tell Bond in Chapter 3?

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

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

10. How does Mathis greet Bond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Pick a character from the novel and discuss his/her goals and motives. Does he/she achieve his/her motives? Does he/she share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do his/her goals clash with other characters? How do the character's goals and motives affect his/her interactions with each other?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the relationship between Britain and France in the Fifties.

1) How did France and Britain's relationship change after the second World War?

2) How does Fleming express this relationship between Britain and France? Is it a true reflection?

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