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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 color hair does Goldfinger have?

2. What does Oddjob throw his hat at?

3. What city is Bond flying to?

4. What trade does Colonel Smithers talk to Bond about?

5. What country was Goldfinger born in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Bond and Du Pont agree?

2. How did Bond kill the Mexican drug courier?

3. What is special about Oddjob's hat?

4. How does Blacking know Bond?

5. How does Bond prepare himself before he enters Goldfinger's room?

6. How does Goldfinger cheat at golf?

7. What is Bond and Du Pont's plan?

8. How does Bond beat Goldfinger at golf?

9. What does Bond insist Goldfinger do for him?

10. What does Bond do with Goldfinger's camera?

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 are 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

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 3

The Bond books greatly influenced modern literature and, in particular, crime books. Choose a book written after the novel that you think was influenced by it and discuss their similarities in terms of:

a) plot

b) character

c) themes

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