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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. Who do the two hoodlums ask for?

2. What does Bond question Tiffany about?

3. What is the name of the casino Tiffany works at?

4. How does the jockey throw the race?

5. Who is declared the official winner of the race?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Bond worried about doing at the end of the chapter?

2. How does Bond defeat Seraffimo?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Leiter think the jockey wants to throw the race?

9. Why is Bond suspicious of the two men?

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

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 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

Look at the structure of the novel.

1) How does Fleming use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

2) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

3) Aside from the main character examine the way Fleming uses the other characters in the story. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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