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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 30 carat stone is Dankwaerts interested in?

2. Where does the man hide the notes he gives the men?

3. What make of car does Leiter have?

4. What do Bond and Leiter discuss the merits of?

5. Which of the stones Dankwaerts mentions does Saye say he has seen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What message does the Chief of Staff leave for Bond?

2. What is Bond's new assignment?

3. Why does the man want a pay raise?

4. What does M show Bond in his office?

5. How does the agent determine that Sayer is not a real diamond executive?

6. How does Shady Tree want to pay Bond?

7. Describe Bond's journey from the plane to the House of Diamond's New York offices.

8. What information does Leiter give Bond about Tiffany?

9. Why is the man so anxious?

10. Why does the Chief of Staff send Bond to see Vallance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Fleming represent American mobsters? Is Fleming's representation of American mobsters is accurate? What part did American mobsters play in American society in the fifties? How have America tried to control the activities of American mobsters?

Essay Topic 2

Examine violence in the novel.

1) How do the characters in the novel view violence? Are there any characters 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

Why has Seraffimo has not played a major part in the book, but is still considered to be the main villain? Does his death lack any real impact because he has not played a major part in the story?

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