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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. Where does Bond hide his knife?

2. What does Bond find under the bridge?

3. Who orders Bond back to London?

4. What is the only weapon strong enough to blow down the vault door?

5. What is the name of Tilly's sister?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Goldfinger recapture Bond in this chapter?

3. Why does Bond compare himself to St. George?

4. What does Goldfinger put under the bridge?

5. How does Goldfinger impress the gang members?

6. What choices does Goldfinger offer Bond?

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

8. How does Helmut Springer die?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Fleming's writing style. How would you describe Fleming's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Fleming's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 3

In 1964 Goldfinger was made into a film starring Sean Connery. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book were still relevant six years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new environment? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

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