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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 Goldfinger try and distract Bond on the fifth tee?

2. What city is Bond flying to?

3. What kind of restaurant does Du Pont take Bond to?

4. What kind of ball is Bond playing with?

5. What was the name of Du Pont's Canasta opponent?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What research does Bond have to do for his book?

3. Why does Bond want to stay an extra night in Miami?

4. Why does Du Pont think he is being cheated?

5. How does Bond describe Goldfinger?

6. Describe Bond's first meeting with Goldfinger.

7. How does Bond know Julius Du Pont?

8. How does Bond beat Goldfinger at golf?

9. How does Du Pont describe Auric Goldfinger?

10. What does Oddjob demonstrate to Bond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In 1964 Goldfinger was made into a film starring Sean Connery. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book were still relevant six years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new environment? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

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

Choose one of the following and examine their real life equivalent and how Fleming adapted it for the Bond books:

1) The British Secret Secret.

2) SMERSH

3) The goldtrade

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