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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 impresses Bond about Mr Big?

2. What does station A stand for?

3. What old friend does Bond meet in this chapter?

4. Bond say Leiter works for ________________.

5. What is the subject of the book that Bond buys in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the conversation between Mr. Big and Bond.

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

3. How does Leiter describe the accent in Harlem?

4. What does Bond learn from Mr. Baldwin in Chapter 10?

5. Describe Bond's mission.

6. How do Felix and Bond decide to work together in Chapter 1?

7. What danger does Bond find himself in in Chapter 3?

8. Describe the meeting between Solitiare and Bond.

9. What does Solitire warn Bond about in Chapter 9?

10. Describe the fight between Bond and the henchman in Chapter 8.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the values of 1950s America.

1) Why was morality such an issue during this time?

2) In what ways are the characters' negative characteristics a product of their time? Do you think America was going through a transitional phase in the Fifties? What significant changes do you think occurred during this period?

3) Does modern society share any values with 1950s America?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Examine violence in the novel.

1) How do the characters in the novel view violence? Are there are characters that would think twice before shooting or hitting someone?

2) Do the characters need to be violent to cope in the world that Fleming portrays?

3) How do the students think the public reacted to the novel's violence when it was first published? How would the public react to such a book today?

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