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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 are the two men who approach Bond carrying?

2. What game will Bond play with Le Chiffre?

3. Who does Felix Leiter work for?

4. Who does Bond decide to name his martini after?

5. What is Vesper excited to work with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What problems does Bond face in Chapter 12?

4. How does Mathis greet Bond?

5. How does Mathis deal with the blast?

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

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

8. Why are the three individuals in Chapter 3 suspicious?

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

10. How does Bond plan to defeat Le Chiffre?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Fleming's writing style. How would you describe Fleming's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Fleming's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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