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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 part of London is the American Club in?

2. What does Leiter give Bond an article about?

3. What hotel does Rufus B. Saye live in?

4. What is the name of the man who owns the smuggling ring?

5. What kind of paintings is on each of the four walls?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the man think as the helicopter flies away?

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

4. What does the article say about Saratoga Springs?

5. Why is Leiter going to Saratoga Springs?

6. Describe Bond's journey from the plane to the House of Diamond's New York offices.

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

8. What does Vallance want Bond to do?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Bond's character across the whole series.

1) How does Fleming develop Bond's character across the whole series?

2) What new elements does Diamonds Are Forever add to Bond's character?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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