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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 decide he is going to ask Vesper?

2. Who traced the car to Bond?

3. Where does the gunman hit Bond?

4. Who does Bond decide to be easy on in his report?

5. Who had the Soviets kidnapped?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who saves Bond in Chapter 18?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What prompts Bond and Vesper to move upstairs?

10. In what way does Bond's relationship with Vesper improve?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Compare France now to France in the Fifties. How has the nation changed? Did the end of the Cold War have a major effect on France? Describe ways in which the Cold War may have influenced the way France is today.

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