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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 is Bond drinking at the airport?

2. What does Goldfinger mishear Bond's name as?

3. Where is Bond flying to from New York?

4. What kind of drug was Blackwell processing?

5. What does Goldfinger say he suffers from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bond force Goldfinger to pay Du Pont?

2. How does Bond think SMERSH has helped Goldfinger?

3. What is special about Oddjob's hat?

4. Why does Goldfinger not want to swap seats?

5. How does Blacking know Bond?

6. Describe Bond's car.

7. How does Bond try and find information on Goldfinger?

8. What do Bond and Du Pont agree?

9. How does Bond react to seeing Goldfinger?

10. What does Oddjob demonstrate to Bond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Goldfinger need Bond to work for him? How can Goldfinger ensure that Bond does not betray him? How can Bond use working for Goldfinger to his advantage?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1950s? How does Fleming express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

Why would someone as rich as Goldfinger want to cheat someone out of money? Why is cheating such an important theme in the book? What is Fleming's opinion on cheating and how does he express it?

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