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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. Who does M say he had lunch with at the Diamond Cooperation?
2. What does Bond want to find a bar with?
3. What is Vallance's position at Scotland Yard?
4. Who does the pilot say he despises?
5. What does the Chief of Staff say there are 10 million of in America?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Shady Tree say Bond can secure a job with the mob?
2. Why does the Chief of Staff send Bond to see Vallance?
3. How does Tiffany want Bond to smuggle the diamonds to New York?
4. What does the article say about Saratoga Springs?
5. Describe the first meeting between Bond and Shady Tree.
6. What argument do Bond and the agent overhear?
7. What does Tiffany know about the smuggling ring?
8. Why is the man so anxious?
9. How does the agent determine that Sayer is not a real diamond executive?
10. How does Bond prepare to meet Tiffany at the hotel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Diamonds Are Forever is part of the spy fiction genre.
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 Diamonds Are Forever?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Fleming worked as an intelligence officer during World War II, adhering to the rule that writers should write about what they know. Do you think it is obvious that Fleming knows his subject? What difference do you think it makes to the story? Are there any moments where you think Fleming does not portray a character or setting so well? What affect does it have on the story?
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