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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 Bond lure the assassin to him?

2. Where does Masters meet Rhoda Llewellyn?

3. What is the Colonel's response to Gonzales' proposal?

4. Which of the following are not a part of the Echo Lake estate?

5. According to Bond, what are the best things in America?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bond remark that he would rather fly slowly and comfortably than fast and uncosseted?

2. Describe the first meeting of Phillip Masters and Rhoda Llewellyn.

3. How does Rhoda humiliate Masters?

4. Why does Judy come to Echo Lake?

5. Describe the appearance of the assassin in the first chapter of the book.

6. What does M mean when he says that every man in the fleet knows what to do except the commanding admiral?

7. What is Bond's opinion of the governor?

8. Describe Major Gonzales.

9. Why is Bond interested in the Gypsy camp?

10. What is the nature of Bond's displeasure with his flight to Montreal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In FOR YOUR EYES ONLY Bond exhibits luxurious and refined tastes in respect to drinking, women, and commercial air travel, to name a few. How might Bond's career as a licensed killer be directly and indirectly related to his cultivation of these tastes? Discuss citing at least three specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout FOR YOUR EYES ONLY James Bond struggles with the appropriateness of killing. Explore three instances of this conflict. When does Bond feel killing is appropriate and/or justified? When does he feel it is not? Do you agree or disagree?

Essay Topic 3

Fleming frequently relies on foreshadowing in FOR YOUR EYES ONLY to build suspense. Find three examples of this device in the novel and demonstrate how each works to involve the reader more deeply in the story.

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