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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 do to the gunman?

2. Who has the money been loaned from?

3. What game does Bond explain to Vesper?

4. What is Lynd's first name?

5. What are the two men who approach Bond carrying?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Bond enjoy gambling?

5. What did Vesper's supervisor tell Vesper about Bond?

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

7. How does Mathis greet Bond?

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

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

10. What do Leiter and Bond discuss at the bar?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

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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