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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 the SMERSH agent use to mark Bond?

2. Who found Bond's wrecked car?

3. What does Vesper kill herself with?

4. Why is Bond not excited by Vesper?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the SMERSH agent do with Bond?

3. What prompts Bond and Vesper to move upstairs?

4. What happens to Vesper in Chapter 14?

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

6. What does the M carved in Bond's hand signify?

7. Why does Vesper become upset in Chapter 22?

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

9. Describe Bond and Vesper's dinner date.

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

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 violence in the novel.

1) How do the characters in the novel view violence? Are there are character that would think twice before shooting or hitting someone?

2) Do the characters need to be violent to cope in the world that Fleming portrays?

3) How do the students think the public reacted to the novel's violence when it was first published? How would the public react to such a book today?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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