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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. Where does Bond wake up?

2. What is Bond worried about writing in this chapter?

3. What does Vesper say people are in this chapter?

4. Who delivers a note to Vesper?

5. Who has M sent to look after Bond?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Bond's situation when Le Chiffre comes in to talk to him in Chapter 17.

2. What happens to Vesper in Chapter 14?

3. Why does Vesper become upset in Chapter 22?

4. Why is Vesper terrified in Chapter 25?

5. Why does Bond fear for Vesper in Chapter 16?

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

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

8. How does Le Chiffre cause Bond to crash in Chapter 16?

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

10. What does Vesper's note say?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the values of 1950s France.

1) Why were spies and double agents such an issue during this time?

2) In what ways are the characters' negative characteristics a product of their time? Do you think France was going through a transitional phase in the Fifties? What significant changes do you think occurred during this period?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Fleming's life. In what ways do you think his life and personality are reflected in the book? Where could he have learned about the world of espionage? In what ways is he like or unlike Bond?

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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