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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. Who does the taxi driver phone?

2. What does Bond clean while he waits for nightfall?

3. Where do Leiter and Bond plan to fly Solitaire?

4. Mr. Big's voodoo followers will see Bond and Solitaire as _________________.

5. What is Quarrel's specialty?

Short Essay Questions

1. What background information does Strangways give Bond in Chapter 16?

2. Describe Leiter's condition in Chapter 14.

3. How does the final chapter open?

4. What trouble does Bond encounter at the end of Chapter 11?

5. What does Bond learn from his research in Chapter 16?

6. Describe Bond and Solitaire's journey to the Clearwater Hotel.

7. Describe Bond's fight with the octopus.

8. What does Bond attach to one of the yachts?

9. Why can Bond not make love to Solitaire in Chapter 11?

10. What does Bond learn about barracudas in Chapter 16?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1950s? How does Fleming express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's society?

Essay Topic 2

Examine America's relationship with Russia.

1) Do you think it is right to label Russian spies and people linked to Russia as evil?

2) In what ways have such books created a negative stereotypes around enemies of the west and how has this affected our interaction with them?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Bond's character across the whole series.

1) How does Fleming develop Bond's character across the whole series?

2) Does Live and Let Die add any new elements to Bond's character? If so, what?

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