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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. Bond say Leiter works for ________________.

2. Who does Bond call in London?

3. What is the name of the yacht bringing in the coins?

4. What does Bond learn from the waiter?

5. Who does the Whisper phone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What threat does Mr. Big issue Bond in Chapter 8?

2. What reasons does Bond give Mr. Big for being in America?

3. How do people react to Leiter asking about Mr. Big?

4. What information is in the FBI file in Chapter 2?

5. Describe Mr. Big.

6. Describe Bond's meeting with Hollaran at the airport.

7. How does Bond escape in Chapter 8?

8. Where does M say the gold is really coming from?

9. What are Dexter, Leiter and Bond's plans in Chapter 4?

10. Why does Mr. Big want to smuggle gold out of Jamaica?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In 1974, Live and Let Die was made into a film starring Roger Moore. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book were still relevant ten years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the theme to fit in with theSseventies environment? In what way did this change the meaning of the story?

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

Live and Let Die is known as spy fiction.

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 Live and Let Die?

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