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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 will Goldfinger load onto the Russian submarine?

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

3. What does Goldfinger say is the matter with Bond and Tilly?

4. What does the doctor give Bond to calm him down?

5. What does Bond shoot the train with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bond hide his letter to Leiter?

2. How do the soldiers attack Goldfinger?

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

4. How did Leiter get Bond's letter?

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

6. How does Bond stop Tilly?

7. How does Masterton die?

8. What does Bond say to Goldfinger?

9. What does Goldfinger put under the bridge?

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

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

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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