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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 does Bond want to extract revenge on?

2. Where does the SMERSH agent shoot Le Chiffre?

3. What does the SMERSH agent ask Le Chiffre?

4. What does Bond think is wrong in this chapter?

5. What has the SMERSH come to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who saves Bond in Chapter 18?

2. What does the note to Vesper say in Chapter 14?

3. Why does Vesper become upset in Chapter 22?

4. What prompts Bond and Vesper to move upstairs?

5. How does Vesper react to Bond seeing her in the telephone booth in Chapter 25?

6. What advice does Mathis give Bond in Chapter 20?

7. What is Bond's opinion on Vesper and her kidnapping?

8. What tragedy happens at the beginning of Chapter 27?

9. What does the doctor tell Bond in Chapter 19?

10. Describe Bond and Vesper's dinner date.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay revolving around the following idea: Fleming uses Bond 's character to express his true ideas about society.

Essay Topic 2

Look at the structure of the novel.

1) How does Fleming use character and dialogue to drive the narrative.

2) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

3) Aside from the main character, examine the way Fleming uses the other characters in the story. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

In 2006 Casino Royale was made into a film starring Daniel Craig. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book were still relevant 50 years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new environment? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

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