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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 kind of flower does the Jewish man have in his buttonhole?

2. How did the mobsters initially make their money at the races?

3. Which of the following countries is not part of the pipeline?

4. What does the man use as an alibi?

5. What issue of the Diamond News does Dankwaert flick through?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the man complain to the pilot about?

3. What does M show Bond in his office?

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

5. Why can't the Scotland Yard prove that the House of Diamonds is a front for diamond smuggling?

6. Why does the man want a pay raise?

7. What happens to Bond before the plane takes off?

8. Why is Leiter in New York?

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

10. What does Sayer think of Bond and Vallance's agent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 novels meaning would change if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period? How does Fleming use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and examine how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme:

1) Setting

2) Point of view

3) Structure

4) Language

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