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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. Where do Bond's kidnappers escort him to?

2. What does the woman pay a lot of money for at the auction?

3. What does Tiffany send Bond from the kitchen?

4. What does Bond think will wake up Seraffimo and his men?

5. How does the jockey throw the race?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Leither help Bond and Tiffany?

4. How does Tiffany impress Bond?

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

6. How does Bond try to delay Seraffimo and his men?

7. Why is Bond suspicious of the two men?

8. Why is Shy Smile disqualified?

9. Describe the battle between Bond and his pursuers.

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

Why has Seraffimo has not played a major part in the book, but is still considered to be the main villain? Does his death lack any real impact because he has not played a major part in the story?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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