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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. Why does Drax want to retrieve Bond after his car accident?
2. What does Krebs threaten Bond and Gala Brand with when Drax questions them?
3. What does Bond take from the person he finds searching his room?
4. What does Bond think Tallon did before his death when Bond opens the window in the bedroom?
5. Who does Bond receive a telegram from after dealing with the person searching his room?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Bond and Drax plan to do about Krebs' access to Moonraker?
2. When Bond receives a telegram from Vallance at Scotland Yard, what are his thoughts?
3. How has Krebs, Drax's assistant, become a suspicious character in the story?
4. What does Bond tell Drax his true motivation is for wanting to destroy London?
5. Why does Gala Brand think that Drax does not trust her?
6. How is Drax mistaken for a British soldier during World War 2?
7. After Bond and Brand clear themselves from the rocks that fell on them while they were walking on the beach, what conclusions do they come to about the purpose of the rockslide?
8. What does Bond do when he realizes Brand is not going to meet him for dinner?
9. Although the rockslide that almost killed Bond and Brand occurred at the Moonraker site, what does Bond believe about the possibility of the Moonraker launch being postponed?
10. When Drax questions Bond and Brand as Krebs threatens them with a blowtorch, why does Bond decide to tell Drax the truth?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Explore the nature of good and evil in Moonraker. Could good vs. evil be considered a main theme in the story? Why or why not? Were there "good" characters that could be considered all good? If so, who were the "good" characters? What makes you think this? Were there "evil" characters who could be considered all evil? If so, who were the "evil" characters? What makes you think this?
Essay Topic 3
A stereotype is a broad generalization about a certain group of people or a type of person, that the members of this group have no individual qualities. Would you consider Drax a stereotypical villain in Moonraker? Why or why not? If so, does his characterization as a stereotypical villain add or detract from the plot of the story? How? If not, would Drax as a stereotypical villain have aided your understanding of the story? How?
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