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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 Bond meet at the hotel?

2. Bond cuts down on ________________.

3. What does Bond read books about in this chapter?

4. Who are guarding the Secatur?

5. What did the men claim to be there to catch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Solitaire give for Mr. Big's power over the African-American community?

2. What problems ensue when a black taxi driver spies Solitaire in Chapter 13?

3. Describe Leiter's condition in Chapter 14.

4. What happens to the fisherman who tries to get on the island where Mr Big's men are working?

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

6. What does Leiter say happened to Bond's train cabin in Jacksonville?

7. How does the final chapter open?

8. What is Mr. Big's excuse for being on the island?

9. Who is Quarrel?

10. What is Bond's only chance of survival?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Live and Let Die is written in the third person. Why do you think Fleming chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would have changed if it were written in the first person?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the characters of Solitaire and Bond.

1) In what way are their morals different?

2) What is their relationship to each other?

3) Do you think they are the perfect match?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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