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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 did the British Secret Service find one of Goldfinger's gold bars?

2. What city does Bond want to travel to?

3. What kind of car does Goldfinger own?

4. Where is Goldfinger's chauffeur from?

5. What city is Bond flying to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Goldfinger cheat at golf?

2. What does Colonel Smithers tell Bond about the gold trade?

3. How does Bond react to seeing Goldfinger?

4. How does Bond think SMERSH has helped Goldfinger?

5. How do Bond and Goldfinger decide to play their golf game?

6. How did the authorities find out Goldfinger was smuggling gold?

7. How did Goldfinger build up his wealth?

8. How does Du Pont describe Auric Goldfinger?

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

10. How did Bond kill the Mexican drug courier?

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

Examine violence in the novel.

1) How do the characters in the novel view violence? Are there are character 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

Choose one of the following and examine how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme:

1) Setting

2) Point of view

3) Structure

4) Language

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