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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 are Bond and Solitaire in this final chapter?

2. Where does Bond run to to spy on the man slipping the note under his door?

3. Who does Bond write a report for in the morning?

4. Who purchased the Isle of Surprise?

5. What does Bond do while Solitaire sleeps?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Leiter's condition in Chapter 14.

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

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

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

6. Who is Quarrel?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Fleming's life. How is his life and personality is reflected in the book?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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