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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 brand of beer does Bond want to drink at Scotts?

2. What does the man say as the pilot leaves?

3. What does the article call the village of Saratoga Springs?

4. What 20 carat stone is Dankwaerts interested in?

5. Where does Bond go for a rest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bond think of Tiffany?

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

3. Describe Tiffany's phone call.

4. What does M show Bond in his office?

5. What does Vallance want Bond to do?

6. How does Shady Tree want to pay Bond?

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

8. How does Shady Tree say Bond can secure a job with the mob?

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

10. What is Bond's new assignment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fleming writes Diamonds Are Forever in the third person. Why do you think Fleming chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would have changed if Fleming wrote it in the first person?

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

Essay Topic 3

In 1971 Diamonds are Forever was made into a film starring Sean Connery as James Bond. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book were still relevant 15 years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new environment? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

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