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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 the jockey throw the race?

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

3. Who does Bond go for a ride with at the start of the chapter?

4. Where are the two business men from?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the gangsters catch Bond?

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

3. How does Tiffany impress Bond?

4. How does Leither help Bond and Tiffany?

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

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

7. What do the two men look like?

8. How does Bond win his money?

9. In what way is Bond situation more precarious than he first thought?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Examine violence in the novel.

1) How do the characters in the novel view violence? Are there any characters that would think twice before shooting or hitting someone?

2) Do the characters need to be violent to cope in the world that Fleming portrays?

3) How do the students think the public reacted to the novel's violence when it was first published? How would the public react to such a book today?

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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