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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 have a license to do?

2. What kind of drug was Blackwell processing?

3. What is the name of Goldfinger's secretary?

4. What interrupts Smithers and Bond's conversation?

5. What is Hawker's job at the golf club?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Bond kill the Mexican drug courier?

3. How does Bond react to seeing Goldfinger?

4. What is special about Oddjob's hat?

5. What happens at the end of the chapter?

6. How did Bond break up the heroin smuggling ring?

7. Describe Bond's first meeting with Goldfinger.

8. What does Oddjob demonstrate to Bond?

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

10. Why does Goldfinger not want to swap seats?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way was the threat of nuclear war a theme from the 50s and 60s? How did America and Britain combat the threat of nuclear war?

Essay Topic 2

Why is gambling such a big part of Bond books? Do you think Bond would have still accepted the golf bet with Goldfinger if he were not assigned to track him? In what way does gambling add excitement to the golf game that may not have been there otherwise?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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