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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 order in the night club?

2. What flies out of the car window?

3. What does Bond write in this chapter?

4. Where does Bond see Vesper coming from?

5. What has Le Chiffre dropped onto the road?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Bond's true feelings about Vesper as outlined in Chapter 22?

2. Describe Bond and Vesper's dinner date.

3. Why is Bond worried about seeing Vesper?

4. What prompts Bond and Vesper to move upstairs?

5. What decision does Bond make at the end of Chapter 24?

6. How does Le Chiffre torture Bond in Chapter 17?

7. What does Vesper's note say?

8. What decision does Bond make at the end of Chapter 23?

9. What does the SMERSH agent do with Bond?

10. How has Bond and Vesper's relationship changed in Chapter 14?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1950s? How does Fleming express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's society?

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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