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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 kind of hat does Goldfinger's passenger wear?

2. What does Goldfinger give Oddjob to eat for dinner?

3. Where in England did Goldfinger buy a large house?

4. What is Bond writing a book about?

5. What department does Bond telephone?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Bond's car.

2. What happens at the end of the chapter?

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

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

5. Why does M think Goldfinger works for SMERSH?

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

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

8. How does Bond know Julius Du Pont?

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

10. How does Blacking know Bond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Bond's character across the whole series.

1) How does Fleming develop Bond's character across the whole series?

2) Does Goldfinger add any new elements to Bond's character? If so, what?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Look at the structure of the novel.

1) How does Fleming use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

2) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

3) Aside from the main character, examine the way Fleming uses the other characters in the story. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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