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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 Leiter drive Bond to?

2. What country does M say bought £5000000 worth of diamonds the previous year?

3. What is the name of the horse Leiter has to check out?

4. Where do the men hide the diamonds?

5. What brand of beer does Bond want to drink at Scotts?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vallance want Bond to do?

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

3. How is the man stealing, raw uncut diamonds?

4. How does Bond meet Felix Leiter?

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

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

7. What does Tiffany know about the smuggling ring?

8. How does Shady Tree want to pay Bond?

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

10. Describe Tiffany's phone call.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Fleming represent American mobsters? Is Fleming's representation of American mobsters is accurate? What part did American mobsters play in American society in the fifties? How have America tried to control the activities of American mobsters?

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

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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