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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 under the bridge?

2. Where does Bond tell Masterton he works?

3. Who does Bond meet in Washington?

4. What can Goldfinger give Bond to kill him painlessly?

5. What does Bond have hidden in his shoe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What choices does Goldfinger offer Bond?

2. How did Leiter get Bond's letter?

3. How does Goldfinger convince everyone he can rob Fort Knox?

4. How is Goldfinger planning to kill the 60,000 people of Fort Knox?

5. Why does Bond think Tilly is not a proper spy?

6. How does Bond plant a homing device in Goldfinger's car?

7. How does Goldfinger recapture Bond in this chapter?

8. Describe the meeting room.

9. How does Goldfinger convince the doctor Bond is ill?

10. What does Goldfinger put under the bridge?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The Bond books greatly influenced modern literature and, in particular, crime books. Choose a book written after the novel that you think was influenced by it and discuss their similarities in terms of:

a) plot

b) character

c) themes

Essay Topic 3

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?

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