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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. Why does Bond want to retire?

2. What is Bond's biggest fear in this chapter?

3. Why is Bond angry at Vesper?

4. What does Bond do the following morning?

5. What flies out of the car window?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the SMERSH agent do with Bond?

2. What do you think Vesper's speech about islands reveals about her character?

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

4. What does Vesper's note say?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a 500-word essay revolving around the following statement: Fleming only represents women through what Bond says and his female characters are actually strong and independent for that time.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Casino Royale is known as spy fiction.

1) What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot?

2) In what way did the Bond series help to set the template for similar novels? Do modern novels still use the ideas used in Casino Royale?

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