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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 does Bond do to slow down Seraffimo and his men?

2. How does Bond set the pursuing car alight?

3. Who meets Bond at the airport?

4. What does Bond smell when the door to the mud baths open?

5. Where is Bond taken to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Shy Smile disqualified?

2. In what way is Bond situation more precarious than he first thought?

3. What do Earnest Cureo and Bond decide to do?

4. How does the attendant prepare bond's mud bath?

5. How does Leither help Bond and Tiffany?

6. What problems does Bond cause himself by playing roulette?

7. What do the two men look like?

8. Why is Bond suspicious of the two men?

9. Describe the battle between Bond and his pursuers.

10. How does Tiffany impress Bond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Pick a character from the novel and discuss his/her goals and motives. Does he/she achieve his/her motive? Does he/she share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do his/her goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interactions with each other?

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