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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. Where does Bond have an appointment at 3.30 pm?

2. What 20 carat stone is Dankwaerts interested in?

3. What does the man wrap the aspirin in?

4. What did Tiffany become when some men violated her?

5. What kind of vehicle does the man drive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vallance want Bond to do?

2. Describe Tiffany's phone call.

3. What argument do Bond and the agent overhear?

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

5. How does Shady Tree want to pay Bond?

6. Describe the first meeting between Bond and Shady Tree.

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

8. What information does Leiter give Bond about Tiffany?

9. Why is Leiter going to Saratoga Springs?

10. Why does the man want a pay raise?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Fleming's representations of the following areas and decide how close Fleming's representations are to the real thing and how Fleming makes his representations seem and feel real:

1) The diamond trade

2) American mobs

3) Horse racing

Essay Topic 3

The Bond books greatly influenced modern literature and, in particular, crime books. Choose a book written after the novel that you think was influenced by it and discuss their similarities in terms of

a) plot

b) character

c) themes.

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