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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 did Leiter once work for?

2. What of the following stones does Dankwaert not mention?

3. Who is following Bond?

4. What does the Chief of Staff's office overlook?

5. What country does M say has the biggest diamond market?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the article say about Saratoga Springs?

2. What does Vallance want Bond to do?

3. Why is Leiter in New York?

4. How does Shady Tree want to pay Bond?

5. What information does Leiter give Bond about Tiffany?

6. What argument do Bond and the agent overhear?

7. What happens when Bond tries to push Tiffany for more information?

8. How does Tiffany want Bond to smuggle the diamonds to New York?

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

10. What does the Chief of Staff tell Bond about the case?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Fleming's life. In what way do you think his life and personality is 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

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 3

Examine the relationship between Britain and America in the Fifties.

1) How did Britain cope with Americas success and their own decline? Was Britain's relationship with America in the Fifties entirely satisfactory?

2) How does Fleming express the relationship between Britain and America? Is this a true reflection?

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