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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 does Bond find in a cabinet upstairs?

2. What is the name of the head of the Secret Services?

3. What game did Du Pont lose $25,000 in?

4. What kind of ball is Goldfinger playing with?

5. What does Balcking say Goldfinger has a reputation for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bond know Julius Du Pont?

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

3. Why does Goldfinger not want to swap seats?

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

5. What is Colonel Smithers interrupted by?

6. How does Bond beat Goldfinger at golf?

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

8. What is special about Oddjob's hat?

9. How does Blacking know Bond?

10. How did Bond kill the Mexican drug courier?

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 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

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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