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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. Where do Leiter and Bond plan to fly Solitaire?

2. Which of the following has Bond not yet received?

3. What Florida city does Mr. Big phone?

4. St. Petersburg is populated with ______________.

5. What is the death threat written as?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bond prepare for his mission on the island?

2. What has happened to Mr. Big and his Mafia group?

3. How does Bond plan to escape the train in Chapter 11?

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

5. What happens to the barracudas in Chapter 20?

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

7. Who is Quarrel?

8. What reason does Solitaire give for Mr. Big choosing St. Petersburg?

9. Describe Bond's problem with the hospital in Chapter 14.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Pick a character from the novel and discuss his/her goals and motives. Does he/she achieve his/her motive? Does he/she share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do his/her goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interactions with each other?

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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