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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 M carved into Bond's hand mean?

2. How is Vesper acting in this chapter?

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

4. What does Vesper do when she thinks she is being followed?

5. Who does Bond not want to see in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bond say about heroes and villains in Chapter 20?

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

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

4. Why does Vesper become upset in Chapter 22?

5. What does the SMERSH agent do with Bond?

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

7. What does the note to Vesper say in Chapter 14?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Bond books greatly influenced modern literature and in particular crime books. Choose a book written after the novel that you think was influenced by it and discuss their similarities in terms of:

a) plot

b) character

c) themes

Essay Topic 2

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1950s? How does Fleming express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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