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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 do before dinner?

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

3. What has Le Chiffre dropped onto the road?

4. Why does Vesper say people are islands?

5. Where has Mathis asked Vesper to meet him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vesper's note say?

2. What happens to Vesper in Chapter 14?

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

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

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

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

7. What is Mathis' cover story in Chapter 19?

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

9. Why is Vesper terrified in Chapter 25?

10. What prompts Bond and Vesper to move upstairs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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?

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