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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 are the two hoodlums wearing over their heads?

2. Who does Bond address the envelope to?

3. What is the names of the two hoodlums?

4. What do the men's gunshots damage?

5. Where does Bond try to hide?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What amuses Bond about the hotel?

3. How do the gangsters catch Bond?

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

5. What do the two men look like?

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

7. How does Bond defeat Seraffimo?

8. What do Bond and Tiffany say to each other on their dinner date?

9. How does Bond win his money?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Diamonds Are Forever is part of the spy fiction genre.

1) What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot?

2) In what way did the Bond series help to set the template for similar novels? Do modern novels still use the ideas used in Diamonds Are Forever?

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

Fleming worked as an intelligence officer during World War II, adhering to the rule that writers should write about what they know. Do you think it is obvious that Fleming knows his subject? What difference do you think it makes to the story? Are there any moments where you think Fleming does not portray a character or setting so well? What affect does it have on the story?

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