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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 Commissioner Vallance want Bond to do regarding Gala Brand?

2. What does Bond want to do when he is ready to end the card game with Drax?

3. How does Drax react when he deals an excellent hand to Bond?

4. What does Bond learn about sabotage to Moonraker?

5. How do the men respond to the shift change when they hear the signal?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Major Tallon, the murdered security officer, call his boss the day before he was murdered?

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

3. How does Bond connect Drax's behavior at the card game with his behavior at Moonraker?

4. Explain the presence of Gala Brand.

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

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

7. What is Bond's attitude about his new assignment and Drax?

8. What do we learn about M, Bond's boss, when they meet to discuss Hugo Drax?

9. What does Bond's response to reading reports indicate about his lifestyle preference?

10. Why does the author focus more on character than on plot in Chapters 6 and 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Several components of quality literature include:

1) Use of descriptive words;

2) Use of analogies, metaphors, and similes;

3) An attention-grabbing beginning;

4) Details;

5) Appealing to the five senses.

Is Moonraker an example of quality literature? Why or why not? Give examples from the story using three of the five components of quality literature to explain your answer.

Essay Topic 3

James Bond needs to use quite a bit of reasoning to solve the mystery of Major Tallon's death, and also to deal with Drax. Explain the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning. Which did James Bond use more frequently, inductive or deductive reasoning? In which situations did he use this form of reasoning? As you formulate your answer, think of these terms: clues, inference, logic, evidence.

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