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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. What does Drax say to Bond after he loses to Bond before leaving the room?

2. What is his opinion of the security provided by the Air Force when Bond enters the Moonraker compound?

3. Who does Drax compare Moonraker to when he says that launching Moonraker will be like committing murder?

4. What is columbite?

5. Who kills Major Tallon, a security officer at Drax's Moonraker facility?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bond find odd about the outward appearance of the German engineers who follow Drax away?

2. What are the consequences if Drax is caught cheating at cards?

3. What does Bond learn about how the Moonraker rocket works from Professor Train, a physicist working on the rocket?

4. How is it possible that Drax is not who he claims to be?

5. Why does M want Bond to beat Drax at cards, even if Bond has to cheat?

6. Explain how Hugo Drax acquired his identity during World War II.

7. What does Drax mean when he says firing Moonraker would be like committing murder?

8. What do we learn about Drax as he plays cards with James Bond?

9. Explain James Bond's plan to expose Drax's cheating when they play bridge at Blades after dinner.

10. What do we learn about James Bond based on his feelings about his shooting lesson results?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is stronger in Moonraker--plot development or character development? Why? Give examples from the story to explain your answer. Do you think the author did this intentionally? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

List the main events from Moonraker. Could you change the order of the main events or leave out any main events? Why or why not? What does this say about the author's organization of the material? Why might he have organized it the way he did?

Essay Topic 3

In Moonraker, how are the themes of rejection and revenge intertwined? Could one theme have been included without the other? Why or why not? If so, how?

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