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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 is Bond lying on?

2. What is the name of the town Bond stays in?

3. Who does Bond compare himself to?

4. What gang is Helmut Springer from?

5. What kind of car does Leiter have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bond stop Tilly?

2. How does Masterton die?

3. How does Helmut Springer die?

4. How does Goldfinger impress the gang members?

5. How did Leiter get Bond's letter?

6. Describe the table Goldfinger straps Bond to.

7. How does Goldfinger get clearance to fly over Fort Knox?

8. Describe the meeting room.

9. How has Goldfinger arranged it so Bond has to work for him?

10. How does Bond hide his letter to Leiter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period? How does Fleming use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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