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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 did Goldfinger paint Jill with?
2. Where does Bond say he has been walking?
3. Where will the Soviet submarine arrive?
4. What does Goldfinger pretend to be to get clearance?
5. Who gave Leiter Bond's note?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Bond say to Goldfinger?
2. How does Bond stop Tilly?
3. How does Goldfinger impress the gang members?
4. What choices does Goldfinger offer Bond?
5. How does Masterton die?
6. How has Goldfinger arranged it so Bond has to work for him?
7. Describe the table Goldfinger straps Bond to.
8. How does Goldfinger recapture Bond in this chapter?
9. How does Goldfinger convince the doctor Bond is ill?
10. How does Helmut Springer die?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
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
Goldfinger is part of the spy fiction genre.
1) What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot?
2) In what way did the Bond series help to set the template for similar novels? Do modern novels still use the ideas used in Goldfinger?
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