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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 kind of sauce does Bond want his wife to be able to make?

2. What do Seraffimo's men beat Bond with?

3. What alcoholic drink does Bond order at the end of the chapter?

4. Where does Seraffimo take Bond to?

5. Where is Bond taken to?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Bond defeat Seraffimo?

5. Why is Bond suspicious of the two men?

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

7. Why is Shy Smile disqualified?

8. How do the gangsters catch Bond?

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

10. What do the two men look like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Examine Fleming's representations of the following areas and decide how close Fleming's representations are to the real thing and how Fleming makes his representations seem and feel real:

1) The diamond trade

2) American mobs

3) Horse racing

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period? How does Fleming use character and setting to express these themes?

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