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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 is Bond sitting across from the casino table?

2. What color is the case the man fiddles with?

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

4. Where did the police apprehend the third Bulgarian?

5. What is Mathis posing as in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bond do when he arrives back in his hotel room in Chapter 1?

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

3. What problems does Bond face in Chapter 12?

4. Describe Bond's new partner.

5. Describe Le Chiffre.

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

7. How does Bond feel about going broke?

8. How does Bond plan to defeat Le Chiffre?

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

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

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 America's relationship with Russia.

1) Do you think it is right to label Russian spies and people linked to Russia as evil?

2) In what ways have such books created a negative stereotypes around enemies of the west and how has this affected our interaction with them?

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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