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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. On what isle did Bloody Morgan hide his treasure?

2. Who are guarding the Secatur?

3. Why is the man spraying blood into the water?

4. For what do the police search the Isle of Surprise?

5. What does Leiter drink as he lies on the couch?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the final chapter open?

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

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

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

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

7. How does Mr. Big plan to kill Bond and Solitaire?

8. Describe Bond's fight with the octopus.

9. How does Bond think Mr. Big has protected his island?

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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