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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. How does Cureo force a car to run into him?

2. What are the two hoodlums wearing over their heads?

3. What is the name of the mud baths?

4. What method of transport does Bond use to travel to the mud baths?

5. Who does Bond telephone in this section?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Seraffimo try to force information from Bond?

2. How do the gangsters catch Bond?

3. Describe the battle between Bond and his pursuers.

4. What do the two hoodlums do to the jockey?

5. What problems do Bond and Tiffany face as they make their way to the nearest town?

6. How does Shady Tree say Bond can get his money?

7. How does Bond win his money?

8. Why is Shy Smile disqualified?

9. How does Tiffany impress Bond?

10. What do Bond and Leiter do at the track on the first evening?

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

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 3

Discuss Fleming's life. In what way do you think his life and personality is reflected in the book? Where could he have learned about the world of espionage? In what ways is he like or unlike Bond?

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